27th April 2007

The Importance of Speeling Spelling

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I’ve noticed on a number of blogs and comments - a lot of people type and mention how they are professionals at whatever - journalism, financial planning, communications, marketing… but I see so many people that cannot spell words correctly, or even type correct sentences - let alone use proper grammar!

I know I’m no saint, and we all make mistakes, but some people mention being in their profession for many years yet still can’t type the most basic of phrases - it just makes me wonder how that has affected their professional life.

I don’t think I’d stick around an office where the Doctor can’t tell what’s poison and what’s antidote - let alone a planner (or marketer) that can’t type a proposal and not use spell check (or proper grammar).

Am I being a grammar nazi, or do people agree that it seems our standards for communication have gone down hill?

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  1. 1 On April 30th, 2007, dong said:

    being a terrible editor, and only a slightly better speller, I must defend myself a bit. I think for many of us we don’t do any writing professionally. My blog is pretty the only place I write these days.

  2. 2 On April 30th, 2007, zen said:

    I don’t necessarily mean blog writers per say - I mean more so to the commentators of blogs that try to claim some sort of “experience” in topics - I relate it to wikipedia contributors who make a slew of reasons why they should be “believed” when they can’t effectively spell, let alone type.

    Then again, I’m the son of an English teacher, so I may be biased a bit too much.

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