| Today we tend to communicate via the written word as much as we do verbally, and typically we’re in a hurry, quickly dashing off e-mails with typos and grammatical shortcuts. While you may (or may not) be able to get away with a slip during a verbal conversation, that’s definitely not the case with written word.We do more than ski, snowboard and hike here in Colorado; we are also one of the states with the highest percentage of college educated people in the U. S. yet we continue to commit the most heinous of grammatical crimes in e-mails, blogs, reports, memos, and other professional documents. Unfortunately these indiscretions become part of the personal record and can paint us as being careless, clueless or just not too sharp.Pay attention people; we live in a world where Word screams error with the omnipresent squiggly line underneath any misspelled or misused word, and Outlook is telling us to Always Check Spelling before Sending yet we still send emails that read like we’re mildly retarded.That being said we all need to take just a little extra time to avoid mistakes and make sure there’s no confusion about what we’re saying, and hopefully we can perpetuate the false impression that we’re both professional and reasonably bright! |
Grammer Matters
March 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Resume · At The Job
