I say we forgo the use of forgo and forego in forum & in reports.@pinchers81 wrote:
Wait, we're both right. Or we're both wrong. I've just never seen 'forgo' used in that instance. I withdraw my accusation. :-p
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I abbreviate my words & use $$$ symbols a lot. U guys seem 2 understand fine.@LisaSTL wrote:
I still maintain we should be communicating clearly. Posts with absolutely no punctuation and riddled with text speak can just be difficult to understand. On the other hand a few misspelled words, missing plurals, apostrophes, commas, misuse of their, there, they're, those should be filed under sh-t happens.
Unless of course it is an autocorrect that is just downright hilarious
@LisaSTL wrote:
I still maintain we should be communicating clearly. Posts with absolutely no punctuation and riddled with text speak can just be difficult to understand. On the other hand a few misspelled words, missing plurals, apostrophes, commas, misuse of their, there, they're, those should be filed under sh-t happens.
Unless of course it is an autocorrect that is just downright hilarious
@JASFLALMT wrote:
A few days ago I was using my phone to post on the forum and it auto corrected nitpicking to "nut picking", which I immediately edited. LOL.
@BirdyC wrote:
Texting one's friends or posting on Facebook? Then, grammar doesn't matter. I guess. But business is business, and unprofessionalism is never OK. (BTW, it's "Schedulers know I've got their backs....," not "back." Subject/verb agreement, you know? And you have a comma splice in your first sentence, as well as other errors in just two sentences.)
Yes, I'm being snarky, and I know it. But it's amazing that someone would downplay the importance of professional communication.
@CeciliaM wrote:
I'd argue that grammar ALWAYS matters. Grammar was not invented by English teachers to torture people. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling are the rules of the road when it comes to communicating efficiently and effectively.
I don't think the OP's grammar errors were egregious enough to cause a miscommunication, but I have seen a LOT of posts on social media where the grammar was bad enough to cause miscommunication. Considering how many social interactions take place on social media nowadays, and considering that relationships can be made or broken on social media, I would say it's just as important to have good grammar there!
But I agree it's definitely a problem to have poor grammar in a business email. Sadly, I think it's there both on the MSC side and the shopper side sometimes.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Spicy, I think what people were objecting to was the lack of professionalism in the email sent to the scheduler. And many people have regular jobs (such as Birdy, who is an editor) and mystery shopping is a supplemental income or even just a hobby.
@spicy1 wrote:
You're right Birdie. Newbies are attacked and disparaged most viciously on this forum. The especially brutal attacks have been made by the "long-timers" here. They've been there, done that and have become hard and snotty towards others because that's the kind of persona that they are in their mystery shopping lives. I don't even mind that, some people are just mean. What I mind is when other people chime in and agree with them. It's that group bullying behavior that keeps this forum really dedicated to, what, I don't know, eight disgruntled people, who's mystery shopping persona is so disgruntled, that feel like the only thing they can control is the tone of this forum. I always wondered if people really get excited when they can get someone else to help them beat up another person. I've found that, in fact, it does happen now that I've found this forum. Too bad, so sad; group think sucks when it goes South.
@LisaSTL wrote:
I never complete reports with narrative on my phone or tablet. I often post here on my tablet. The letter m is frequently a comma and vice versa. And don't even get me started on autocorrect. If an editor wants to tear apart my report for spelling or grammar I will accept it because it is what we both get paid for. The number of posts tearing apart spelling and grammar in forum posts has reached a fever pitch. If my two choices are to proofread a post at the level normally reserved for reports or just quit posting, guess what choice I'm making?