If you are a person who has been taught English from the time you learned how to type (or write) "I'm not good with spelling and grammar" is not acceptable, either.
Writing is the primary medium of communication in today's world, and – whether you like it or not – people make snap judgements about the people they meet for the first time, and those judgements are essentially permanent, so how you write, and what you say MATTERS.
Writing is the primary medium of communication in today's world, and – whether you like it or not – people make snap judgements about the people they meet for the first time, and those judgements are essentially permanent, so how you write, and what you say MATTERS.
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Unless they're 50, that's still an excuse. IE, my dad.
Yes, yes yes! There is no reason other than sheer laziness to use "u" for "you" or "2" for "to". The only person who gets a free pass on that is Prince. He is, after all, a majestic Purple God.
I cans typing!
Oh, and I agree +Ryan Kramb. Working in IT has taught me that many people can fall into this category. Usually it is those over a certain age (such as your dad, and my mom- who, by the way, refuses to own a computer).
I don't think it;s even age so much as attitude. My grandma is better with computers than my mom. My mom has convinced herself that it's "too hard", while my grandma jumped right in to learn how to use computer for all the stuff she wants to do. She may not be an Excel wizard, but she is a genealogy NINJA on a computer.
My mom is really good at Farmville, though.
write well and you can talk your way into anything – ask any full-ride scholarship "winner" – all it takes is a good grasp of grammar (you're/your, proper use of the apostrophe and comma, etc) and a sense of saying something with purpose.
I am glad that I spent some "nerdy" time in school learning these things. This became my motto (not the URL, silly! Rather, the bumper sticker it'll show you 🙂
http://www.cafepress.com/blogoscoped.48528367
A sentiment that makes me incredibly thankful that I no longer have any extremely long-term followers. The old-old days were … oh man, they were horrible.
Writing well is also important on resumes. When I see one with awful grammar, no spell-checking, and/or no capitalization, I immediately roll my eyes. If it were up to me, I'd just pitch them, but I'm not the decision maker, I just forward them on. But man, when I see them, my first thought is, "You think THIS is a good impression?"