The relevance of grammar

[Kurt]

You read way too much into that. It was an attempt at
humour. I just don't think it's necessary to drag it
on this long. Was only trying to be funny. I am not
embarrassed, nor suffer from low self-esteem, A.D.D,
or post-menopausal symptoms. Just making a point, and
that was, the mistakes in the original thread were not
pointed out too kindly. And it just draaaaaaaaged on
and on and...  ;)

Kurt

--- "L. Adrian Griffis" <adrian at nerds.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Kurt wrote:
> > I am not one for kontroversee, but who give a fuck
> > about grammer?
> 
> Some of the people who interview you might.  That's
> the thing that started off this thread.  A cluster
> of many grammatical mistakes in one paragraph can
> definitely make a bad first impression.  You can
> shoot off your mouth all day about how much you
> don't
> care about grammar;  You can affect moral
> indignation
> at people who do.  All that won't change the fact
> that persistent grammatical carelessness makes you
> sound ignorant, and sounding ignorant is not a good
> idea in a field where your intellectual skills are
> so important.
> 
> Anyone who catches grammatical mistakes in my
> postings is welcome to point them out, both to me
> and to the list.  I'd rather you folks caught them
> and pointed them out before I get a chance to 
> repeat them to the next group that interviews me.
> And I'm perfectly willing to let my mistakes be
> used to help educate those that are more sensitive
> about people pointing out their mistakes.  Anyone
> on the list who feels different about their mistakes
> ought to stop being so sensitive;  Sounding like you
> have a clue really does matter to your career.  We
> all make occasional grammatical mistakes, but
> getting
> touchy about having them pointed out is childish,
> and declaring that grammatical mistakes don't matter
> is just plain clueless.  If your ignorance
> embarrasses
> you, fix it;  Don't try to cover up your
> embarrassment
> by declaring that the people who noticed your
> ignorance
> are the problem, else we'll be seeing an "I AM OUT!"
> message from you, too.
> 
> Adrian
> 

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