I Won 'T Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar' By Lynne Truss

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Argumentative Essay on Grammar

I believe grammar should be emphasized in the school district. So that when the children at that school have a better chance of getting through college and getting a job. Some jobs make it to where you have to have good grammar to get the job. As well as colleges if you don’t have good grammar in college it would make you look bad.
In the article “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why”, two people have different perspectives on the issue. Lynne Truss- author of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, has a “zero tolerance approach”. She believes if you cannot use your words or commas the right way you shouldn’t be hired. She also thinks that people who do mess up “deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up

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