Comments on Text Patterns: learning writing

Thank you for this article and thank you Julana fo...

2009-07-08T18:54:00.000-05:00

Thank you for this article and thank you Julana for your comment. Yes, I too view "the effort to write well as an extension of common courtesy."

Over the past couple years, I've come to see takin...

2009-06-17T08:59:00.000-05:00

Over the past couple years, I've come to see taking the effort to write well as an extension of common courtesy.

My dad was a chemical engineer, with a degree in t...

2009-06-12T12:22:00.000-05:00

My dad was a chemical engineer, with a degree in that field. He was promoted into management, was paid more and had better job security simply because he could write and communicate better than most engineers.

Data is better than anecdotes, though. I'd love to see a study of various industries that tried to determine in which ones the ability to write well conferred the greatest advantage.