I found a fantastic article that I just had to share on here about the importance of learning to use language properly. The article was actually in reply to a question posed by a reader on a careers site dedicated to helping people find jobs. The article mirrors many of my opinions clearly in how too many people these days hide behind the technologies available (such as spell checkers) and argue that knowing how to use a language properly is unimportant these days. They will invariably argue that ‘it is what you say not how you say it that is important in business today’ but although there are certainly growing numbers of people who cannot spell or use grammar correctly in the world today, these people tend not to dominate the business world. If you don’t want other people to think you are ignorant or uneducated, then just a little care on spelling or grammar can give you that little push ahead of the apathetic rest.
That said, I can’t really do the article justice, so I suggest you read it as the author puts his point across excellently and with obvious passion. It is plain the author does not sit on the fence on this one. NWjobs
