Category: Wk 13: Professional Writers

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    Perfect Grammar and Better Performance?

    There is no correlation between using perfect grammar and better performance in other positions, but immigrants should be forced to speak English.

  • Kyle Wienes

    in this blog post I talked about my perspective of what Kyle Wienes wrote about in his I won’t hire people who use poor grammar post.

  • Grammar & Using AAVE

    Knowing when to switch from proper grammar skills to that of the AAVE is crucial when writing for certain audiences.Both styles of writing are important.

  • Professional Writers

    I thought the article “I won’t hire people who use poor grammar. Here’s why,” by Kyle Wiens was a very interesting read. The reason is that..

  • Professional Writers

    If you think an apostrophe was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, you will never work for me. If you think a semi colon is a regular colon,

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    What is Proper?

    In the professional workforce, individuals are expected to sound professional. This means using “proper English”, but what exactly counts as “proper”?

  • Sometimes it can be hard to find the right words for the right situation and that is okay.

    Is Grammar That Important?

    Bottom line, grammar is important but it is okay to not stress over it. Everyone has their own ways of expressing themselves.

  • Writing In America

    On the facing the fact that I could end up jobless for my grammatical errors, and the concept of what America needs vs what it wants.

  • Grammar and Language: It’s More Connected Than You Thing

    The concept of professional writing can be different to each person. Not everyone is going to think or write or speak in the same way either.

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    English, to read or to write, it comes at price.

    It’s no secret that English is hard no matter the background. This week however, we learn that basic grammar skills is more than just HS English.