Tim North

Are We Losing the Desire to Write Well?

British polling company ICM Research recently conducted asurvey that found that around two-thirds of the two thousand18-24 year olds surveyed cared "NOT AT ALL" about punctuation,spelling and grammar when composing e-mail.

This overly casual attitude to e-mail seems to be quitewidespread -- and not just among 18-24 year olds. Much of thee-mail I receive (from both friends and business colleagues) ispoorly written. Now this may be defensible in personalcorrespondence, but sloppy writing has no place in business.

Remember, you are JUDGED on the way you write.

In a face-to-face meeting, you will be judged on your looks,height, clothing, perceived wealth, accent, class and a wholehost of other features. While we tell our children not to judge abook by its cover, the reality is that we do exactly that everyday of our lives.

When reading a piece of correspondence from someone you havenot met face-to-face, though, none of these factors are present.You have only one thing with which to form an impression of them-- their WRITING.

So, in this twenty-first century world of increasingly facelesscommunication, your writing is more important than ever. I sayagain: you are judged by the way you write, so write well.

End of rant.

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