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Originally Posted by GeoffC
I went through years of senior management; and still I struggle with the finer points of grammar.
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I recall when executives had secretaries who they expected to handle minor details, like creating coherent and grammatical communications. "I pay people to do that for me!"
The increasing use of technology has removed that shield. I suspect there are transcendent horrors in email sent by senior managers. (I used to ghost write memos for an SVP, who freely admitted my English language skills were better than his...)
I saw a note elsewhere about a senior manager who subscribed to a listserve on an interest of his, and had an Administrative Assistant print out the traffic for him to read. When I inquired whether he dictated replies for the AA to post for him, the response was laughter, but he was apparently "read only".
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Dennis