This isn’t my first go at a blog, this is however my first required (for a grade) blog. I find the experience to be fun and relaxing, easier going than the typical mode of communication for a class. As this is a more professional attempt at a blog I can see how the topic of grammar, spelling and mechanics of writing come up.
While blogging has a much more personal and casual style of writing associated with it, that’s no reason to completely throw out everything we’ve learned in Language Arts classes up to this point. If I were to go to a company’s blog and the writer put something along the lines of, “Wut dew u thinnnk uv R nuw lyne?” I would immediately leave the site and question the intelligence of the writer and the standards of the company. I’m pretty sure my spell check and my brain were short circuiting when I was writing that.
At the same time, I do think it is okay to “lighten up” a little bit on the rigid standards. Proofreading is still an important tool, but no need for a panic attack if you read back through a previous post and find a missed comma, an ellipses, or something along those lines. I am far from a perfect writer, but I do try to read through things before posting (or sending depending on the form of media), spell check is my best friend.
I would say the rule of thumb is: Whatever you post is a representation of not only yourself, but also the company you work for, and that responsibility is on you, the writer.
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