Direct Object Lesson

A system administrator explains the importance of good grammar.

He’s not a designer or a developer, so he won’t be able to apply that good insight into tangible product benefits for us, but you can use his illustrations to explain why grammar is important not only in communication, but also in specifications and requirements.  Ha, who am I kidding?  Poorly composed e-mails lacking in capitalization and punctuation are the specifications and requirements.  If they were written correctly, maybe we wouldn’t have to come in to work on Saturday to test the build that fixes the misconceptions.

This entry was posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009 at 2:32 pm by The Director and is filed under Miscellany. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Direct Object Lesson”

  1. gimlet Says:
    August 28th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    I agree with the thrust of his post, but why is it that everyone who writes in favor of correct grammar and proper spelling commits an error in the very first sentence?

    “In an age when even Ameren UE is using TXT speak in >>>it’s

  2. The Director Says:
    August 28th, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    I didn’t have the heart to tell him. I hope you left a comment there.