Your Bad Grammar at Work: What's the Problem? - Forbes
Grammar is going all to hell, even in the office. That’s what the Wall Street Journal wrote on Wednesday, citing an “epidemic of grammar gaffes in the workplace” that has spread with the help of informal communications like email, texting and Twitter. Sure, this is nothing new — people were botching grammar long before the advent of social media. George Orwell lamented the deteriorating state of English in his 1946 essay “Politics and the English Language,” writing that “Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it.” Orwell felt strongly that we could and must do something about it. But what about language misuse at work today?
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/alisongriswold/2012/06/22/your-bad-grammar-at-work-whats-the-problem/
Good Grammar Should Be Everyone's Business
Today is National Grammar Day, a reminder that good grammar is instrumental in conveying ideas with clarity, professionalism, and precision. Even so, the informality of e-mail, texting, and tweeting has crept deep into company communications. It is not uncommon to hear a coworker make a grammatical faux pas such as “There’s new people you should meet.” Even former Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang was known for ignoring capital letters in his e-mails.Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, wrote in a blog post for HBR that he refuses to hire people who use poor grammar. He asserted that good grammar is a sign of professional credibility, attention to detail, and learning ability. In the process, he started a nearly 4,000-comment debate (on this website alone) about the audaciousness of his stance. Some people criticized Mr. Wiens for his hiring approach, accusing him of being harsh or even elitist. Ultimately, this was a debate that had no data and reached no conclusion.
In an effort to add evidence to the commenters’ anecdotes, my company, Grammarly, reviewed 100 LinkedIn profiles of native English-speakers in the consumer packaged goods industry. Each professional had worked for no more than three employers over the first 10 years of his or her career. Half were promoted to director level or above within those 10 years, and the other half were not.
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http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/03/good-grammar-should-be-everyon/
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