Comments on: Good grammar might derail your career http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:04:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Christian http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/comment-page-4/#comment-207489 Christian Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:31:12 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=2633#comment-207489 "Nobody here recommends to throw grammar out the window when it comes to highly formal settings, such as the conventional workplace!" Except for the explicit sum and substance of Penelope's original post. "Nobody here recommends to throw grammar out the window when it comes to highly formal settings, such as the conventional workplace!"

Except for the explicit sum and substance of Penelope's original post.

]]> By: Agender http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/comment-page-4/#comment-207477 Agender Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:21:00 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=2633#comment-207477 Nobody here recommends to throw grammar out the window when it comes to highly formal settings, such as the conventional workplace! You're winding yourself up over a completely phantom argument. And a rounding error wouldn't be considered a grammatical error. And your incessant abuse of the dash made it difficult for me to follow your train of thought, Ms. "linguistically talented". Nobody here recommends to throw grammar out the window when it comes to highly formal settings, such as the conventional workplace! You're winding yourself up over a completely phantom argument. And a rounding error wouldn't be considered a grammatical error. And your incessant abuse of the dash made it difficult for me to follow your train of thought, Ms. "linguistically talented".

]]> By: Agender http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/comment-page-4/#comment-207472 Agender Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:08:49 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=2633#comment-207472 You come off as a remarkably arrogant tool, but no. Your social life is excellent, I'm sure. You come off as a remarkably arrogant tool, but no. Your social life is excellent, I'm sure.

]]> By: Deb http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/comment-page-4/#comment-206849 Deb Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:49:17 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=2633#comment-206849 I'll wholeheartedly second Christian on this. So many times I've been frustrated by SMS-style language, all capitals or the absence of puncutation on emails, blogs & even websites which totally hamper reading. This is besides grammatically wrong and/or nonsensical words and expressions which take quite a while to decipher. I'll wholeheartedly second Christian on this. So many times I've been frustrated by SMS-style language, all capitals or the absence of puncutation on emails, blogs & even websites which totally hamper reading. This is besides grammatically wrong and/or nonsensical words and expressions which take quite a while to decipher.

]]> By: Christian http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/comment-page-4/#comment-206789 Christian Mon, 05 Oct 2009 06:13:32 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=2633#comment-206789 "People go online for information because they want to get to it fast, read it fast and easily understand it." Wow, there's still people here who just don't get it. Good grammar is not about being "prim and proper" to show how marvelous you are. It is about communicating effectively and I might add communicating quickly as well. Bad grammar kills and slows down effective communication and increases the time it takes for the reader to understand the writer's intent. I'm not sure why that's so hard for people to grasp. If you're so into bad grammar as opposed to good grammar why don't you try communicating your ideas by barking at people? "People go online for information because they want to get to it fast, read it fast and easily understand it."

Wow, there's still people here who just don't get it. Good grammar is not about being "prim and proper" to show how marvelous you are. It is about communicating effectively and I might add communicating quickly as well. Bad grammar kills and slows down effective communication and increases the time it takes for the reader to understand the writer's intent. I'm not sure why that's so hard for people to grasp. If you're so into bad grammar as opposed to good grammar why don't you try communicating your ideas by barking at people?

]]> By: Brad http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/comment-page-4/#comment-206768 Brad Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:20:59 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=2633#comment-206768 I find that, especially when writing online, good grammar might distance people from your content. If you are too prim and proper about what you are writing it wont work. People go online for information because they want to get to it fast, read it fast and easily understand it. I find that, especially when writing online, good grammar might distance people from your content. If you are too prim and proper about what you are writing it wont work. People go online for information because they want to get to it fast, read it fast and easily understand it.

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]]> By: Old-School Curmudgeon Speaks…& Spells | Michael Sebastian | photographer http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/comment-page-4/#comment-189155 Old-School Curmudgeon Speaks…& Spells | Michael Sebastian | photographer Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:50:41 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=2633#comment-189155 [...] does it matter whether the words are correctly spelled and sentences properly punctuated? In fact, a recent post on a widely-read career-advice blog argues that grammar (and spelling?) doesn’t much matter. [...] [...] does it matter whether the words are correctly spelled and sentences properly punctuated? In fact, a recent post on a widely-read career-advice blog argues that grammar (and spelling?) doesn't much matter. [...]

]]> By: Christian http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/comment-page-4/#comment-189139 Christian Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:29:51 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=2633#comment-189139 "If you are firing off a blog post while you eat your afternoon snack at work, I'll overlook the flaws." Yes, we all agree with that. We recognize there are times when informality is acceptable. "If you are firing off a blog post while you eat your afternoon snack at work, I'll overlook the flaws."

Yes, we all agree with that. We recognize there are times when informality is acceptable.

]]> By: J-Red http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/19/good-grammar-might-derail-your-career/comment-page-4/#comment-189138 J-Red Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:07:34 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/?p=2633#comment-189138 I agree with this poster. That Google post has zero grammatical errors. Word choice and grammar are very different things, but I digress. I care about grammar and spelling when I care about the effort that went into the composition. If you are drafting a resume or writing an academic paper, you had better not have any typos or glaring grammatical mistakes. If you are firing off a blog post while you eat your afternoon snack at work, I'll overlook the flaws. I agree with this poster. That Google post has zero grammatical errors. Word choice and grammar are very different things, but I digress.

I care about grammar and spelling when I care about the effort that went into the composition. If you are drafting a resume or writing an academic paper, you had better not have any typos or glaring grammatical mistakes. If you are firing off a blog post while you eat your afternoon snack at work, I'll overlook the flaws.

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