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Dr. K
English 99 DAW
Synthesis Essay
I believe that the grammar skills people have shouldn’t be judged so harshly in a working environment. Every job is different and each job has different responsibilities to fulfill. Also if someone does have bad grammar that shouldn’t mean they are less intelligent than those who have good grammar. But what if someone is very qualified for the job and an employer decided to toss out someone’s application because of poor grammar? They may have potentially lost a good employee without even realizing it. Therefore if someone has bad grammar it shouldn’t be judged as harshly because that person could be the exact one an employer is looking for.
People’s grammar should be judged by the position they are applying for versus all the jobs in general. In Kyle Wiens “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why.” Wiens argues that if someone doesn’t have good grammar then they also don’t pay attention to detail. But in John McWhorter’s article “Good Applicants with Bad Grammar,” he believes differently than Wiens. McWhorter believes that each person doesn’t have to have good grammar for every job. For example, I used to work at subway I always had to pay attention to how many veggies I was putting on and the amount of meat and so where in the sandwich making process was good grammar required, but I did pay attention to detail which got the job done. So Wiens wasn’t completely correct in his argument that poor grammar also means people don’t pay attention to detail. I agree with McWhorter that grammar should be based on the certain job you with to have, and each person whether they have good grammar or not should still be given a fair shot in an interview.
I, for one, believe that grammar does not define you as a person. In Wiens article he talks about people who in order to be hired at his companies have to take a grammar test and if they don’t know the difference between certain words or grammar phrases their
English 99 DAW
Synthesis Essay
I believe that the grammar skills people have shouldn’t be judged so harshly in a working environment. Every job is different and each job has different responsibilities to fulfill. Also if someone does have bad grammar that shouldn’t mean they are less intelligent than those who have good grammar. But what if someone is very qualified for the job and an employer decided to toss out someone’s application because of poor grammar? They may have potentially lost a good employee without even realizing it. Therefore if someone has bad grammar it shouldn’t be judged as harshly because that person could be the exact one an employer is looking for.
People’s grammar should be judged by the position they are applying for versus all the jobs in general. In Kyle Wiens “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why.” Wiens argues that if someone doesn’t have good grammar then they also don’t pay attention to detail. But in John McWhorter’s article “Good Applicants with Bad Grammar,” he believes differently than Wiens. McWhorter believes that each person doesn’t have to have good grammar for every job. For example, I used to work at subway I always had to pay attention to how many veggies I was putting on and the amount of meat and so where in the sandwich making process was good grammar required, but I did pay attention to detail which got the job done. So Wiens wasn’t completely correct in his argument that poor grammar also means people don’t pay attention to detail. I agree with McWhorter that grammar should be based on the certain job you with to have, and each person whether they have good grammar or not should still be given a fair shot in an interview.
I, for one, believe that grammar does not define you as a person. In Wiens article he talks about people who in order to be hired at his companies have to take a grammar test and if they don’t know the difference between certain words or grammar phrases their