Grammar, How Important Is It Really?

By David Schnurman

I see my wife constantly cringe when she reads articles that I have written or parts of my book that I am working on. Simply put, I have never been good at grammar or punctuation. My mind just doesn't work that way. I hold much heavier weight on the creative side of the gene pool.

Why do I bring this up? Well for one, I wanted to make an excuse for any past or future mistakes you may find. But more importantly, I was wondering how necessary good grammar is to achieving success.

Of course, you never want to look unprofessional with errors throughout your writing, so you should always proof read at least once. Even so, mistakes are bounds to exist (at least in my case) and if seen by others could make you seem less credible.

I guess at the end of the day, the real answer is that I should just practice my punctuation and grammar and strive for perfect writing. However, now that I consider myself an entrepreneur, I would rather throw perfection out the window, make mistakes, and then learn how to turn them into gold! Don’t you agree?

Just as an aside, I made sure my wife proof read this before it went live.

One more thing, I have taken Blackberry in Bed to a whole new level, this article was BlackBerried (that word was not approved by my wife) on a bus.

Comments

[Matthew Britt]

David
I would have to agree with you on the fact that grammer and spelling are only important to a certain degree. Obviously we will do our best to make the article perfect and proof read, but reality is as you said mistakes will be made. No matter what book I read I always notice a mistake or two on the pages, does that make those writers lose credibility? Well I would say yes if the pages were littered with mistakes but that isn't the case. I don't think that any article you or I write will be full of mistakes but we may find one or two once in a while and I say no big deal....The main idea is what really matters isn't it?

PS no one checked my grammer on this one...just call me mr risk-taker :)