Re: FN-FORUM: help with grammar please

date posted 15th January 2004 15:49

On Thursday 15 Jan 2004 3:46 pm, James wrote:

> I think it's bad for business to spell or punctuate incorrectly. If
> someone sends me a quotation or other document, it goes in the bin if i=
t
> contains too many errors. Why should I trust people with the delicate,
> precise work of coding if they can't cope with the English language? Wh=
y

Quite.

> should they trust me, if I make those mistakes? [Scans repeatedly for
> typoes, hits "send".]

"Typoes"??? Related to Dan Quayle's potatoes?

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