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Originally Posted by HarryT
I do think, though, the standards of written English are declining. Recent graduate entrants into the company where I work seem, on the whole, to have pretty shocking standards of written English.
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In the company I work for, there are large numbers of people in management and executive roles with abhorrent spelling and grammar and that are generally older than me by at least a decade. I found this to be the case with a lot of companies I worked with in private practice as well. From my experience, I can only assume that the school system was horrible and then got better.
Personally, I think there are are a lot of people generally with shockingly poor written English skills; it's not just a "youth today!" problem.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Regrettably, it does matter to our customers. If we were to send reports to them written in the manner that most of our recent entrants produce, they wouldn't remain our customers much longer.
Good standards of English in a business environment remain essential.
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I know it's not great, but whenever I receive an email or letter with horrible spelling or grammar, I automatically dial down my respect for the writer. Of course I know you can't assume someone is stupid because they may not have learned to writer well, but...