Young kids, "these days", don’t care about selling and grammer as much as they should. I have heard this a lot, mostly from not-as-young folks.
I know what some of you will say … How can we be professional and have grammatical and spelling errors?
But the question is…do we need to have it all the time?
Two different trains of thought on the importance of grammar and spelling: More experienced Baby boomers for the most part really live by perfect grammer and spelling. Especially accontants, we cannot help ourselves. We see an error, we feel the need to correct it.
Gen Yers not so much. They are more accustomed to talking to associates in faster ways where spelling does not matter, like instant messaging, and terms like "ttyl" are used to make communication faster. (I am sure someone could easily word-smith this blog and find some pretty obvious errors!)
So, who is right? Probably both parties. Doesn't it depend on the situation? If it's a situation where you are communicating on the fly, does a spelling error, if it does ot affect he quality of the correspondence, really mean much? In a situation where you are delivering a client report, doesn't a spelling error really mean a lot? So, instead of trying to impose your word smith will on someone, ask yourself about the situation and the real effect that a misspelled word has? Speed and correct spelling do not aways go hand in hand.
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"Speed and correct spelling do not aways go hand in hand." - this is the essence of the issue. The question is - if speed is necessary, then why would written word be the mode of communication? Wouldn't a phone call be more appropriate if speed was the issue? Anyone can make a spelling/grammar mistake occasionally, but the proliferation of emails highlights that many people lack basic English skills, lack the concept of self-review and lack attention to detail. This text message stuff is a young-persons game - I have no idea what "ttyl" stands for.
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