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Sorry my grammar checker interfered. It should have read:
Emma Woodhouse's reported thoughts: "for they say every body is in love once in there lives, and I shall have been let off easily." Well spotted. |
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Jane Austen is a famously bad speller; her books are well-known for their "unusual" spelling. Eg, "freinds" instead of "friends". She could certainly have done with a good proofreader .
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See that is below my threshold of caring. I would likely not even notice that.
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In fairness, though, she was one of the very first English novelists, and lived at a time when spelling hadn't quite "settled down" yet. By the time Dickens started writing, 30 or so years later, spelling had become almost identical to what we use today.
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If you do not need or want your mechanic to have any communication skills (a dumb stand since presumably you want him to understand instructions and work orders) that's fine. Don't even ask for a resume. Have the applicants come by for a practical tech test rather than submitting a resume. Once you decide to submit a resume, anyone with a brain in their head should have the sense to make sure it looks professional, or I would not trust that person with any work of consequence, especially involving customer safety. What else is not important to them? Buying quality parts? Following instructions? Treating customers well? YOU do not seem to care about grammar and don't think it should carry much weight, but it is the height of hubris to conclude from that that it is or should be unimportant to others. It wouldn't even matter if everyone else was WRONG to make judgements of work ethic, respect, attention to detail, etc from bad grammar. Even if they were wrong (which I don't think they are a lot of the time) the mere fact that they DO should have long ago taught you that it IS important, and it would be a failing as a teacher to not impart THAT lesson. It's wrong to mug people, but it's stupidly dangerous to tell people "mugging is wrong, so go ahead an wave your cash around in dark alleys....." When a mechanic shows up for an interview, I don't care that his job keeps him under a greasy car, he should show up in a relatively clean set of clothes with his teeth brushed (if he has any). Same with presenting any written representation of yourself. Last edited by ApK; 04-24-2012 at 09:43 AM. |
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I'll overlook some poor grammar if the story is good. But it has to be a really good story, because there are other good stories out there with good grammar. Bad grammar is like potholes on the road, it makes the experience less smooth. Of course grammarians are always wrong - eventually.
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Great series, and well told. (Here it is, by the way.) But it was constantly jarring to hear an otherwise well spoken main character, who was raised and educated by a lit professor, repeatly misuse "I" and "me." I had to keep telling myself "Well, this is set in the 24th century...maybe the rules of grammar have changed by then...." I similarly had to wonder during the first two books if at some point in the next few hundred years people start referring to "steam rooms" as "saunas" having completely forgotten the distinction between wet and dry heat. Still, I like the stories..... |
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And speaking of pots calling kettles black, what are you doing bring up this mechanic, who you seem to be arguing has no need for grammar skills, in "The Writer's Corner?"
Either the creation and presentation of a CV makes one a writer or it doesn't. If it does, then the writer should demonstrate proper use of his tools, or seek the help of one who knows how to use them. If it doesn't, then bringing up that case here in a writer's forum was a red herring and should be, as you say, beneath you. ApK Last edited by ApK; 04-24-2012 at 11:55 AM. |
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