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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ok Grammar Nazi, here's the thing about email correspondence. it is not an exercise in proper letter writing. it's more like... a halfway point between phone calls and text messages. if you write emails sounding like you just dipped your quill in an ink jar, you are culturally inappropriate, and therefore, your grammar is irrelevant.

also, bee tee dub, language evolves. who says "how do you do?" anymore? who actually replies to "how are you?" with "fine!" anymore? no one, i tell you. NO. ONE.

people aren't "Fine" or "Doing well" anymore; they are "Good." everything is Good. is that grammatically correct??? [/quote]

So, when you're making presentations, do you also pepper your speech with phrases such as "like" and "you know" and other informal language? Do you verbalize social media speak like "hashtag boom!"

I am going to guess you're about 25. You'll learn.[/quote]

+1. I don't care if you think it sounds Victorian or that I'm an antique, but if you use grammar that's incorrect or too informal for the workplace, I'm going to assume that you are uneducated and immature. You might not care what I think, but you might start to care when you don't get promotions or raises as quickly as others. It's an office, not your life guarding gig at the pool. [/quote]

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