tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2301743000604808094..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here's Why. From Harvard Business Review.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45320671862238200192012-07-27T10:18:12.236-04:002012-07-27T10:18:12.236-04:00"And that would mean that if my own posts are..."And that would mean that if my own posts are good, they should attract extremely low numbers of comments. Take a look at how many Kyle Wiens has right now, and compare with how many you see here below. My earnest hope is that you'll see a huge difference."<br /><br />Well, when "comments are closed" for the blog post, it's kind of difficult to get people to post thereKJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341068309868573358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50630482242131936822012-07-27T10:17:39.340-04:002012-07-27T10:17:39.340-04:00"And that would mean that if my own posts are..."And that would mean that if my own posts are good, they should attract extremely low numbers of comments. Take a look at how many Kyle Wiens has right now, and compare with how many you see here below. My earnest hope is that you'll see a huge difference."<br /><br />Well, when "comments are closed" for the blog post, it's kind of difficult to get people to post thereKJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03341068309868573358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50041948787531681382012-07-26T20:54:14.955-04:002012-07-26T20:54:14.955-04:00None of my in-coming students would be employed by...None of my in-coming students would be employed by this man. NONE. Nor would I, most likely, for using fragments in a sentence (albeit, for effect).The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48699763519340688842012-07-26T16:57:09.782-04:002012-07-26T16:57:09.782-04:00You beat me to it, mathesian. Folks who complain ...You beat me to it, mathesian. Folks who complain about students' lack of writing skills should take a look at "How do 'today's students' write, really?" also at Language Log.uniongoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564270374326356716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72419756255639182022012-07-26T12:55:38.626-04:002012-07-26T12:55:38.626-04:00As usual, Language Log responds to this nonsense.
...As usual, Language Log responds to this nonsense.<br /><br />http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4093mathesianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12439534799094303457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24404289015196474232012-07-26T02:41:26.717-04:002012-07-26T02:41:26.717-04:00That's funny--I myself won't hire anyone w...That's funny--I myself won't hire anyone who doesn't know the differences between grammar, spelling and punctuation.Jae/Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607520034520271802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56936159821980637092012-07-26T02:22:45.696-04:002012-07-26T02:22:45.696-04:00Interesting response here.Interesting response <a href="http://t.co/IRwTlEsd" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com