A Jerome Lacy
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Importance of Good Grammar In The Workplace
Importance of Good Grammar in the Workplace
Harvard Business Review contributor and iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens uses his business mind to address why he will only hire individuals with good grammar. Through the administration of mandatory grammar tests, he has noticed those who display fewer grammatical errors also are more accurate when preforming unrelated tasks. He also argues that good grammar displays sharp attention to detail which is pretty much a universally positive trait to have in a potential employee. He insists that in a time where much communication is done through emails, and blogs and such, good grammar is pretty much all you have (Wiens). On the other hand, Forbes writer Susan Adams has a different argument for why good grammar is important in the workplace. She argues that good grammar is a representation of good self-organization. She believes it’s better to have a “better safe than sorry” type of approach because you never know if your future employer is going to come down hard on bad grammar. She also makes her point clear when saying that a constantly evolving language is not an excuse to see good grammar as unimportant. Staying on top of sentence structure and practicing good grammar even outside of a professional environment is an absolute necessity when looking for jobs in today’s world (Adams).
Works Cited
Adams, Susan. “Why Grammar Counts At Work”. Forbes Magazine. July 20, 2012
< http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/07/20/why-grammar-counts-at-work/ >
Wiens, Kyle. “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why”. Harvard Business
Review. July 20, 2012
< https://hbr.org/2012/07/i-wont-hire-people-who-use-poo >