Reply To: Why good grammar is important

Minyan gal: That is a wonderful article. Thank you so much for sharing it. It was quite long, so I’m afraid some people here may not have read the whole thing, so I want to stress one paragraph:

“As important as your words are in shaping your behaviour, they are even more important in the way they shape the behaviour of others,” Heehler writes. “Your manner of speaking is, if nothing else, the central factor upon which people form assumptions about you. Whatever your ultimate goal in life, chances are good you’re going to have to communicate your way to it.”