On the other hand, it’s not just some random word it’s your TITLE after all. I don’t know, maybe I’m getting my “panties in a bunch” over nothing. I can’t help but wonder how the person in charge of a real estate office goes for years misspelling their title? Did they miss they day in school where we all learned that “the Principal is our pal?” Did they miss a lot of days in school? Do they lack attention to detail? Why didn’t anyone in their office notice this misspelling? Does their staff lack attention to detail too? Will this broker also overlook key items in real estate contracts or physical inspections? I’m concerned for all you buyers and sellers out there, working with “principle brokers”. If Grammar Girl says so it has to be true. The bottom line for Realtors is this: It’s supposed to be “principal broker” not “principle broker”. If you prefer, you can read a transcript of her podcast. You can listen to her podcast on this issue below (this part starts 4:12 minutes into the podcast): She explains the difference between “principal” and “principle” better than I can. Grammar Girl is an expert and her podcast ranks on the top 40 on ITunes. Mignon Fogarty, AKA Grammar Girl tackled this issue in a recent podcast.
Grammar Girl Weighs InĪpparently, Realtors are not the only ones who confuse the two words.
The word “ principle”, on the other hand, is defined like this:Ī fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.īecause the principal broker is the top dog, the person in charge of the real estate office, the correct spelling is “principal”. The person with the highest authority or most important position in an organization, institution, or group. The Oxford Dictionary defines “ principal” as: It is the person legally authorized to enter into agency contracts with consumers, and the person legally responsible for supervising the agents who work under that supervision. In the context of real estate, one definition of “ principal broker” is:Ī name given in some states to the responsible party in a real estate office sometimes called the managing broker or the qualifying broker. But what is a “principal broker” anyway, you wonder? Perhaps you already know what a “Realtor” is. You may have heard of “brokers” and “agents”. I also found 113,000 instances of “principle broker” (that’s bad). In a quick Google search I found 473,000 hits for “principal broker” (that’s good). When I receive an email from a “Principle Broker” I just think, “girlfriend, your slip is showing brother, your fly is down…should I tell this person? “ They automate the error in their email signature line. They misspell it on their business cards. Yet many principal brokers refer to themselves as “Princi ple Broker”. Do you remember learning in school that “the Principal is your pal?” Maybe this was how you remembered the correct spelling of “principal”?
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