Came a comment from across the pond many suns ago:<\/p>\n
\u201cHey haven\u2019t you got spell check??<\/strong>\u00a0There really should be NO excuses for typos nowadays<\/strong>\u00a0if you have a modicum of education.<\/strong>\u00a0If you were brought up in the UK –<\/strong>\u00a0typos are a BIG no no in business!<\/strong>\u00a0It shows unprofessionalism and<\/strong>\u00a0sloppiness especially in the<\/strong>\u00a0age of the spell check.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I don\u2019t normally reply to muppets.<\/p>\n
But, in that case I made an exception.<\/p>\n
My answer?<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s make a deal:\u00a0You keep drama queening about typos,\u00a0and I\u2019ll keep making money with them\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
More:<\/p>\n
This comment came in that same day:<\/p>\n
(From reader Bruce Lilly)<\/p>\n
\u201cGrammar, syntax–I’ve taken all the university courses on them, from an English degree with a nod towards Linguistics. And because they know the Traditional English Manner of Spelling and Grammar, some people think these rules apply everywhere\u2026.What these people don’t understand about language and grammar and even spelling could fill our world’s atmosphere. Do they know that grammar is subjective, and that as long as one is understood then the sentence has performed its task? A sentence is a boat. It carries a meaning. If that meaning gets across to the other side–congratulations–your boat floats.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Anyway, bottom line?<\/p>\n
There is a reason proofreaders make peanuts compared to language-butchering email writers.<\/p>\n
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