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["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>]

"Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com> wrote in message
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> "John Posada" <writer -at- tdandw -dot- com> wrote in message news:216186 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
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> > > usally mispunctuated (missing a comma after "Hello."  Makes me
> > wonder about
> > > the professionalism of the rest of the site, as in, "Are they as
> > good with
> > > their business as they are in writing a two-word sentence?" (And I
> > know who I
> > > am most days.) I think it's basically a useless label, but if you
> > are
> >
> > Bonnie...I have to ask. Are you saying that missing a comma is the
> > determining factor on whether a whole company is professional or not?
> >
>
> While I don't tie grammatical errors in a product to a comapny's
> profesionalism, I do tie it to questioning the quality of the company's
> product. I think other people do too. If there's shoddy workmanship on the
> surface, who's to say that it's not under the surface as well.
>

The quality of its product is what I meant by "professionalism."

> OTOH, a clean, shiny surface is no guarantee of quality workmanship
> either--and is yoo often used to gloss over shoddy workmanship.
>

No dispute there.


> > That's like saying that a post from someone who cannot spell "usually"
> > is not to be taken professionally.
> >
> Not quite the same. I would gloss over a possible typo (especialy as my own
> typing skills won't win any competitions) a lot easier than I would the text
> in a product that's been through (theoretically) a thorough vetting before
> being released to the public. But that's just me....
>

The care that a company takes on its Web site tells me a lot about its overall
attitude to quality.


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