Ever read a
menu and find misspelled words? Or a business with a sign in the window where
the words are spelled incorrectly? What does it say to you about that
restaurant or that business? Like it or not, we are judged by how we present ourselves
and if that presentation comes in the form of the written word, spelling
counts.
As a business
owner, would you hire an employee whose resume contained poor spelling and
typos? You’re far more likely to gravitate to the candidate who has taken the
time to proof their work, or at the very least, use Spellcheck. The point here
is that good grammar and good spelling tell the person you’re writing to that
you’re intelligent or diligent; that you care about the quality of the product
you put forth.
In the age
where we’re all guilty of keeping everything abbreviated to suit the number of
characters in a tweet or to be concise in a text, we still need to read things
through for errors. We all make them. As Mom always says,” it’s always
important to put your best foot forward.” Oh, and she also said “Spelling
counts.”
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