The relevance of grammar

[Kris Bodenheimer]

There is a fundamental nature to email that many of us grew up on.  That 
is, grammar, in an email, to a technical list, is truly meaningless.

Though I agree that proper grammar is a must when communicating with 
clients, employers, etc.

Grammar in an email to a bunch of  computer nerds, truly DOES NOT MATTER.

I couldn't care less if people in the lug think my grammar is horrible.
I couldn't care less if people in the lug think I am ignorant.
I'm married and am no longer trying to use my computer skills to get laid.

Spell check does not belong in email.
<humor>
You are not your spell checker.
You are not your email.
</humor>
I am in the lug because I like helping other people.  I also believe 
that there is still a bit of mentoring that HAS to occur in order to 
bring up the next round of linux experts.

To sum up, the words Liberal Arts are NOT printed anywhere on my 
engineering degree.

Some of us are so good, that we come to work in cut-off shorts, and a 
wifebeater, and my clients in suits still suck up more than a convention 
of vacuum cleaner salesman.

Kris
L. Adrian Griffis 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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