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A recent survey of 120 American corporations [...] by the National Commission on Writing, a panel established by the College Board, concluded that a third of employees in the nation's blue-chip companies wrote poorly and that businesses were spending as much as $3.1 billion annually on remedial training.

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"hI KATHY i am sending u the assignmnet again," one student wrote to her recently. "i had sent you the assignment earlier but i didnt get a respond. If u get this assgnment could u please respond . thanking u for ur cooperation."

I expected this to be a problem, but not to this degree.  I certainly don't see it at my company, with the exception of a certain Bush-backing fellow out East who loved excessive punctuation, but reined it in since someone chided him about it.

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[waider.livejournal.com]

I've kinda got mixed views on this. On one hand, I know at least one person who is very smart but tends to abuse english pretty heinously when communicating via email. On the other hand, I have encountered a bunch of mouthbreathers whose english skills match their smarts pretty accurately. Personally, I am for quality (at least in spelling and punctuation) regardless of the medium, to the extent that I will spell and punctuate correctly in SMS messaging and IM. I think I've kinda gotten to the point where I try to keep my own standards up and hope others will follow suit.

Otherwise, fux0r 'em, you know?