Reading Response #1

The article that I chose to read was "Better grammar means better jobs"and it talked about how creators of a software program conducted a study of grammar linked to people's status' in their job rankings. It was found that people with fewer grammar issues ascended to higher positions and got more jobs. Therefore better grammar correlates to greater success. Although not enough data has been collected to know how strong that correlation is.

Something that caught my attention while reading the passage was its touch on apostrophes. It states, "Apostrophe confusion plagues a lot of business writers. " I agree with this one hundred precent. Although I am not a business writer I do struggle with apostrophes. I always have to read out "it's" as "it is" to make sure it is the right one to use in what I am stating. I always forget that with the word "it" it is a contraction and not showing possession. The last line of the article is "When in doubt, trust you ear." I couldn't agree more with this statement. If I didn't say something out loud to myself, I wouldn't know that it sounded wrong and that I needed to change the wording.