Work In KC Area?

[Brian Kelsay]

L. Adrian Griffis wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Brian Kelsay wrote:
> 
>>Hal Duston wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 10:13, lowell wrote:
>>>
>>>>Its and it's
>>>
>>>People who think that a technical mailing list is a grammar mailing
>>>list.
>>>--
>>>Hal
>>
>>Hal's right.  There is a known set of grammar mistakes by some technical 
>>people.  It makes me cringe because of the cruel teachers I had, but at 
>>least they are consistent and I can understand them when they 
>>communicate an idea.
> 
> 
> I can understand wanting to keep the list loosely true to its
> purpose, but remember, this discussion was about things that
> can help us techies get jobs.  As far as that goes, it sure
> seems to me that the general advice that you should try not to
> sound too ignorant during an interview is on topic.
> 
> Perhaps it not necessary for all of us in the Grammar Police to
> enumerate our pet peeves;  But, can you see why the thread
> started?  Don't you think, "Try not to sound like an ignoramus
> in the interview," is good advice?
> 
> Adrian

I thought that was implied best practice.  I did type, in one of my 
above posts, not to lie on your resume.  I think we can include dunce, 
dope, boob and probably Nazi.

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