Eat Eats And Shoots And Leaves Analysis

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Most of the employers these days want you to be above average at English grammar and it is a great idea. I wouldn’t say that I 'm as strict as Kyle Wiens or let alone Lynne Truss, the author of “Eats, Shoots & Leaves”, where she says that people who mix up their itses “deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave,” but I really think that their point is very wise. Kyle Wiens is the CEO of two repair instruction manual companies and on his article “I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why.” that was published on the Harvard Business Review magazine says that everyone who isn’t nearly perfect at grammar deserves to be passed over for a job. Why wouldn’t you want to hire people that are …show more content…

They are also important at home where children learn their first grammatical concepts from their parents. If you grow up learning incorrect grammar, it puts you at an immediate disadvantage. At some point in their life everyone wants to be a leader and grammar and communication skills are absolutely necessary to effectively give directions and provide assurance of leading ability. With the United States being mixed with different nationalities and foreign language speakers, hearing consistent, proper English would encourage newcomers in becoming fluent. Being a new resident of the United States and an English learner, I try to speak as good as possible and I really think that people can’t tell that I am not a native English speaker. For some reasons, while growing up I always loved the United States and would support them in sports and different competitions and then I started learning English by myself because I didn’t study English till Middle School and finally I made it here this July. Therefore, never stop believing on what you are capable of doing, as here I am writing a formal paper talking about

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