Spelling and Punctuation in Business Writing
We often take the small things in life for granted; but when you are writing, these small things can make a big difference.
In writing for professional or personal purposes, some people show a certain amount of laziness. Many adults have below average grammar and punctuation skills. This can have considerable repercussions in their professional life. A spell-check program will not catch bad grammar and incorrect punctuation.
For example, the following poem demonstrates the case against solely relying on spell-check. If you read it aloud, it sounds correct; but the grammar and word usage is incorrect. The words are spelled correctly and therefore a spell-check would not flag them as a problem. The source of this poem is unknown. It has been widely passed around the Internet:
It came with my pea sea,
It plainly marks four my revue,
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key an type a word,
And weight four it two say,
Weather eye am wrong oar write,
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid,
It nose bee fore to long,
And eye can put the error rite,
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it,
I am shore your pleased two no,
Its letter perfect awl the weigh,
My chequer tolled me sew.
In this lesson, we will look at methods for eliminating your mistakes in business writing by following some simple rules of spelling and punctuation. How you write can affect your reputation and your company's reputation. When you send out communications to your colleagues, seniors, vendors, associates, and consumers, you will be judged by the level of proficiency your writing exhibits. If your writing is marred with spelling and grammatical mistakes, your reader will lose interest and respect. A piece of writing that is immaculate in its spelling and grammar will successfully convey the desired message to the reader.