RE: Writing - Why grammar and punctuation are important

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Writing - Why grammar and punctuation are important

in writing •  7 years ago 

If only more authors would take your advice! As a reader, I seek clarity. I don’t want to be forced to infer what an author is trying to convey. I’m the kind of reader who just stops after 3-4 grammatical errors. If the author doesn’t care enough to run the text through a spellchecker at least, then I can’t be bothered to invest my time in reading the text. In my work, I can confirm that it’s a constant struggle convincing authors that there’s a considerable difference between spoken and written genres. How many times do their eyes glaze over while they tell me that it doesn’t matter because their readers know what they mean? {sigh}

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Thank you. I hope for their sake their readers do know what they mean.
I also will not stick around if a post or article is rife with errors; unfortunately, there are many posts I've started on Steemit but haven't finished for this reason.