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  • RE: Better Writing

    Dale Turley (1/24/2014)

    "someone else that could offer you a job. " 'that' should be 'who', as it is a person not a thing...

    Where does it state...

    Dave

    January 24, 2014 at 9:05 am

    #1683165

  • RE: Better Writing

    GilaMonster (1/23/2014)

    djackson 22568 (1/23/2014)

    Jim P. (1/23/2014)

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/22/2014)

    If I make mistakes most days, then I'd like to hear about it, though I'd prefer the common courtesy of...

    Dave

    January 23, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    #1682995

  • RE: Better Writing

    Jim P. (1/23/2014)

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/22/2014)

    If I make mistakes most days, then I'd like to hear about it, though I'd prefer the common courtesy of sending me a...

    Dave

    January 23, 2014 at 11:08 am

    #1682883

  • RE: Better Writing

    GilaMonster (1/23/2014)

    steve.neumann (1/22/2014)

    this article made me laugh. there is rarely a day where you do not have some sort of grammatical mistake etc. there's even one here...

    ..."and possibly impress someone...

    Dave

    January 23, 2014 at 11:05 am

    #1682882

  • RE: Better Writing

    steve.neumann (1/22/2014)

    this article made me laugh. there is rarely a day where you do not have some sort of grammatical mistake etc. there's even one here...

    ..."and possibly impress someone else...

    Dave

    January 22, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    #1682615

  • RE: Better Writing

    Gary Varga (1/21/2014)

    djackson 22568 (1/21/2014)

    ...Basic rules about "I" and "E" are NOT taught at all!...

    Trouble with that is that the heuristic is misleading. In the Oxford English Dictionary there are...

    Dave

    January 21, 2014 at 7:15 am

    #1681888

  • RE: Better Writing

    CGSJohnson (1/21/2014)

    It may only get worse! I have heard of schools here in the US removing spelling from the teaching curriculum. They insist that they teach spelling through...

    Dave

    January 21, 2014 at 6:36 am

    #1681868

  • RE: Better Writing

    SQLMickey (1/20/2014)

    Content should be the first thing a post, article, or forum response should be judged by. Otherwise the poor writer who has great ideas will never share them.

    Not...

    Dave

    January 20, 2014 at 3:46 pm

    #1681689

  • RE: Better Writing

    Jim P. (1/20/2014)

    Spell Check on this web page? Wow. I can't tell you how many times I have opened a separate page to Google spelling. It is...

    Dave

    January 20, 2014 at 7:25 am

    #1681538

  • RE: Better Writing

    OCTom (1/20/2014)

    Steve,

    I agree with you comlpetely. It can set one apart from the crowd.

    I find it ironic that you are writing this as your editorials often have misspellings and grammatical...

    Dave

    January 20, 2014 at 7:23 am

    #1681537

  • RE: Better Writing

    Before I comment on the topic, let me explain that I will be doing so "generally", and not "specifically" about anyone here. For every issue we encounter in life,...

    Dave

    January 20, 2014 at 7:22 am

    #1681536

  • RE: Better Writing

    Gary Varga (1/20/2014)

    I just wish there was a "Spellcheck on Save" and "Spellcheck on Print" options in wordprocessors.

    For posters here there is a button between the "Post Reply" and "Preview"...

    Dave

    January 20, 2014 at 7:06 am

    #1681527

  • RE: No Bosses

    jim.drewe (1/13/2014)

    I am an unabashed capitalist (however an ethical one).

    Wow, don't say that out loud. The media will eat you alive for claming there is such a thing as...

    Dave

    January 13, 2014 at 9:17 am

    #1679628

  • RE: No Bosses

    Nevyn (1/13/2014)

    It would be really interesting to see how HR/recruiting would work in this paradigm. How do you decide to let people go when the authority to do so...

    Dave

    January 13, 2014 at 9:00 am

    #1679621

  • RE: No Bosses

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/13/2014)

    djackson 22568 (1/13/2014)

    I fear this will sound like I am opposed to something like this, but that is not my intention. I am sure...

    Dave

    January 13, 2014 at 8:55 am

    #1679618

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