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[Smitty37]

From that day on, I always do my best to make sure that written communication is well crafted.

I'll second that. My written word is the only thing that represents me to the people online. My charming smile just won't cut it in cyberspace. My best learning experience with regards to writing took place in an intermediate writing class at the University of Michigan. It was a small class with an outstanding professor teaching it. We wrote a 3 page paper each week on any topic we felt would be of interest to the other students. We read our papers in class and they would be ripped apart, I mean critiqued, by the other students and the professor. I really learned how to write that term and it's probably one of the most useful skills I acquired in college. I just wish we had computers back then instead of having to type up my paper each week on a typewriter.

I managed to learn typing in high school so typing wasn't too bad but I did have to keep a dictionary at close hand.

 

[TerryDowning]

It wasn't so much the spelling I got slaughtered on, I've always been pretty good at that. It was punctuation and Grammar.

Just the thought of that letter coming back proof read (through my boss of course) turns my face red to this day. That was more than 20 years ago. Not only did I learn that I need to step up my game when it comes to written communication, I learned that NO official communication leaves the office without at least 2 proof reads (By co workers) and of course the boss signing off on it.

 

[Smitty37]

It wasn't so much the spelling I got slaughtered on, I've always been pretty good at that. It was punctuation and Grammar.

Just the thought of that letter coming back proof read (through my boss of course) turns my face red to this day. That was more than 20 years ago. Not only did I learn that I need to step up my game when it comes to written communication, I learned that NO official communication leaves the office without at least 2 proof reads (By co workers) and of course the boss signing off on it.

Think of this. The new norm is getting to be, poor spelling, terrible grammar, idiotic sentence structure, many acronyms, and no punctuation including periods or question marks. A gift of these wonderful computing machines we have developed. I think their education, or lack thereof, also contributes some.