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RE: Punctuation saves lives!

in #education7 years ago

I think I may have told you about my friend Tom Bertonneau at the Mackinaw Center (a think tank in Michigan). He does studies on education and after interviewing the people that do the hiring at several major corps. (GM, Ford, etc.) the number one complaint about recent college grads is that NOBODY can write.

I have the opposite problem, I tend to punctuate the way I speak. If I want a pause, I add a comma; for a longer pause a semicolon, etc..

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People struggle to read and write these days....I tend to do that too. I did an activity today where students only had to add commas in the paragraph, and they could not do this properly, after ensuring me they know exactly what they are doing. Ha ha! Practice makes perfect.

Having learned to write by reading (I had no formal education until I was in my 40's) I find that some of the best authors are actually some of the worst writers- grammatically speaking.

Wow that is brilliant @richq11 I salute you! You should write a post about this sometime. Seems like you caught up though...lol! Nothing wrong with your grammar or spelling!

I've written a few... My life story, The Kid That Became A Guy. Me And The Math Teacher...

I will check it out immediately! I love reading about other people's lives!

It's old, I wrote it 3-4 months ago

I like reading! Here on Steemit a post is old after 6 hours. LOL!

Let me know if you need a link and I'll dig it up. I think I'm going to write another "Kid" story now.

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