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Subject:RE: them responses to "them engineers" From:"Scudder, Beth" <beth -dot- scudder -at- retek -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 25 May 2000 07:15:59 -0500
Uma wrote:
I hope some of you have read this far. I have another dumb question.
How does
one sell the idea that the correct use of articles makes text look
better to a
boss who seems to manage fine without them. Please don't suggest I
look for
another company. I'd rather handle it first.
--
Well, you could point out to the boss (gently, politely, of course)
that using articles correctly indicates that everyone at the company can
speak and write English correctly, which is bound to make you all look
smarter to the customer/user. You could also note, especially if you have
any ESL customers, that the use of articles in English helps clarify the
meaning of sentences.
