Nubo
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Personally, I didn't question her intelligence at all. She may be highly intelligent. Maybe brilliant. But she is somewhat illiterate.kentuckyleaf said:...I do think we should use caution when questioning someone's intelligence based on their grammar, vocabulary, or spelling. Sharon was attempting to respond and correct the questionnaire to the best of her ability.
Again, a separate issue. My compassion for her as a human being is not diminished by pointing out her illiteracy. I wish her well. But, anyone with a basic education and literacy (let's say a High School diploma), really should know what an apostrophe is for. It's not a failure of intelligence but of education.I thought that the response to her grammar skills could have used some compassion
Over 20 years ago I was looking for work. I had sent hundreds of resumés and got few responses. Finally, a nice gentleman granted me an interview. During our talk he pointed out a spelling mistake in my resumé. I was mortified. I didn't complain about his lack of "compassion" or villify him as a "spelling Nazi", or bemoan the unnecessary focus in our society on the arbitrary sequences of letters that make up our language. I was grateful. I fixed my resumé and was glad that subsequent recipients didn't have to wonder what kind of bumpkin would misspell the word "background" in their resumé.
Oh, please! Just how rare do you suppose these "skills" are? We're not talking Dangling Participles or the Oxford Comma. We're talking basic written English and the difference between "your" and "you are"....we haven't a clue why she was selected to perform the work. We also don't know if anyone at ecotality is more able to perform the work.
Perhaps they need to hire an English instructor. I wonder if they placed this in the operating budget?
No, they simply need to have a policy of proofreading and reviewing public communications. Everyone makes mistakes. You just don't let them get out the door.