Such errors in a training manual are inexcusable!

I am slipping into the habit of using internet
abbreviations/grammar/punctuation in emails and posts, but I
would never mail a letter that was not thoroughly checked.
The same applies to the notes I print out for my classes. I
will not pass out notes that have spelling/grammar errors.
And it annoys me that my failing eyesight means that I might
miss spelling errors more often now. (Don't anyone mention
spellcheck - we use English spelling here, remember
lol)

But what excuse do Govt Departments have to allow such poor
standards of correspondence on their letterheads?

The attitude now is "if it gets the message across, what
difference does it make?", but I recently wrote a tender for
a friend who is definitely challenged in the writing skills
area. When he was advised that he had won the tender he was
told that his was not the best bid, but that he had
submitted the most professional paperwork and was therefore
seen as the best tenderer. So at least some out there still
look for standards in writing and communication.

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"Ginger in CA" wrote in message
oups.com...
: ) I am known for my red pen - honestly!
: I am currently going through training on our upcoming new
software
: change, and promptly took my red pen to the instruction
manual to
: point out misspellings and grammar issues. I then handed
it back to
: the instructor. Oh, we are paying $1 million dollars for
this change,
: so it seems the least they could do is spell correctly!
:
: Our CEO and Deputy Executive Officer routinely send out
system-wide
: emails with misspellings and bad grammar. Sheesh!
:
: Ginger in CA
: spelling has just always been "one of my things"
: On Feb 21, 7:19 pm, "TerriLee in WA \(state\)"
: wrote:
:
: Oh, good grief!! As the daughter of an English major,
all the things
: mentioned annoy me. My mom use to tell me the very same
thing; pronounce it
: correctly, and spelling becomes much easier. Her other
favorite remark was
: "Words have meanings!" She said this when people used a
word in the wrong
: context, or used it to mean something it was never
intended to mean.
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