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1 hour ago, pipedreams said:

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My company's secretaries had to have a degree in English when I started there.  They would review and correct grammar and spelling on everything to be sent out of the company.  They were  a marvelous addition to our professionalism.

Years later they got rid of the secretaries to cut costs.  They hired what they called Administration assistants that had no qualifications other than some personal attributes.   Our paperwork to our customers took on the air of a third grade composition without the expertise we used to have.  The worst writers were our PhD's because they were preoccupied with the technical aspects and concepts, not the spelling.

This drove me into being very careful in my proposal writing for grammar and spelling.  Too many costs were cut and significantly reduced the quality of writing today.  Look at Journalists!  They used to be highly qualified writers of repute.  Now most are hacks with a blog.  It shows in most documentation every day.

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