The thing is, if people are so sloppy about basic grammar and spelling, what else are they sloppy about? In general, people are sloppy about everything, or meticulous about everything.
It is important in this case, because this report has implications for the future of the new bridge. What if the bridge is headed for catastrophic failure and no one recognizes the possibility because everyone who should see it coming is sloppy and cuts corners?
The thing is, if people are so sloppy about basic grammar and spelling, what else are they sloppy about?
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Exactly. That is my argument always.
Society is reaping the crops sown by our deliberately dumbed-down education systems.
I was a contractor for a major telecommunications company for a while. All the people in certain slots were college graduates, many with masters degrees. The emergency notices they would send out to their clients were just embarrassing. I’m not referring to the quick individual notices from the worker bees, but the carefully crafted notices broadcast out to masses of customers...and they’d stay wrong for weeks.