Why Proper Language and Grammar Are SO Important
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Be honest and answer this question: Do you care how properly formed and (spelling, grammatical or otherwise) error free your posts are? Most probably your answer will be a no.
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A majority of the bloggers don’t spell check or grammar check their posts. Why? Because they think it doesn’t matter. A typo here and a grammatical error there doesn’t really matter much. Or does it?
Your Representative
Suppose you receive a leaflet each from two different companies pitching their product to you. One of them (the leaflets) is well designed and attractive, but has several typos and grammatical errors and the other, though not that well designed, contains perfect language. Suppose you decide to go for one company’s product. Which will you go for? My bet is that you’ll go for the one with the error-free leaflet, even though it’s not as well designed as the other one. Why?
You wouldn’t send an amateur to a prestigious conference to represent your company, would you? 
Because it’s not the design that speaks out.
It’s the words, which represent you in front of potential buyers. Design can only do so much to attract a potential buyer. Words are the things which can corner him, leaving him with no choice but to go for you.
You wouldn’t send an amateur to a prestigious conference to represent your company, would you? That’s the point. It’s the same with the words we write and which other people read. These words represent us in front of the world. When people see how many typos and grammatical errors you have made, they might think ‘Heck, this guy can’t even write proper English. He ain’t any professional! How can we trust him with and give him our money?‘.
Typos and grammatical errors make you look unprofessional. And no one wants to do deal with some one who’s not a professional. YOU wouldn’t deal with such a person, would you? ;). You might try all you can trying to convince them that you really are an expert, but they wouldn’t believe you. 
Remember, a first impression is a lasting impression. A potential buyer who has never heard of you before, if turned away by poor language, may never return to you again, even if you correct the errors.
You see, language is the thing which enables humans to communicate with each other effectively and enables us to get our point
across. Bad language means road blocks for this communication process, which means a rough ride for the words flowing across and mis-understandings on both sides. And that means a bad reputation for you and your blog/company. And that means that no one will allow their hard earned money to be given to someone who doesn’t have a good reputation.
Just look at YOU would do. Would you buy services from someone who’s sales pitch contains typos and grammatical errors? No, right?
Just look at me, for example. Even though English is not my native language(Urdu is), I aim to make my posts as grammatically and spelling-wise correct as possible. I use spell check on every post and proof read every post, to make sure they’re fine. OK, I agree I make mistakes too sometimes, but they’re very little in number.
When This Might NOT Apply
If you have a very informal or personal blog, such as a fan or sports or just-for-fun blog, sometimes you don’t need to care about
You should always aim to abide by the rules. I know it can be hard and tedious and boring sometimes, but it pays in the long run!
spelling and grammatical errors, because they don’t count. Readers will understand what you’re saying and they’ll also see a ‘human’ form of you. But remember, excessiveness of anything can be bad!
So, even though it sometimes doesn’t matter whether your English(or what-ever language you blog in) is correct, you should always aim to abide by the rules. I know it can be hard and tedious and boring sometimes, but it pays in the long run!
Now, your turn to voice your opinion: Do you strive to use correct grammar and spelling on your blog and why?
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There are some blogs I read where the grammar is not the best. But I can clearly see those people’s grammar improving every day. I do care a lot about my own posting grammar but not much about the blogs I read. I read a blog with or without grammar errors.
ESVL - I too read many blogs which have spelling and grammatical errors. But since they are well established with lots of loyal readers, they probably don’t get harmed since their readers probably don’t care
BUT, for a new blog, it is essential to use correct English.
You do a great job, especially with English as your second language. Since this is a post about grammar, I’ll point out that you might want to correct your headline. It should be “Why Proper Language and Grammar are So Important”
thanks zura!
nice tips. i have the problem with that.
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It’s really terrible what instant messaging has done to the way people write and communicate in the written word.
Grammar is IMPORTANT!
Preserve your grammar!
Actually, even with an informal fan site, language and grammar are important. One can write less formally, but imagine approaching a headhunter or a human resources manager for a job, and they find misspelled cuss words when the Google your name. As much as you have to watch your MySpace and FaceBook profiles, so too must you present a respectful face to potential headhunters and employers through your blog.
Great info - keep up the great work.