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Originally Posted by h422694

Seems like you want to apply different rules depending on who is writing. Why? I think your rule for professionals should apply to everyone. The problem with 'excusing' poor grammar and punctuation because it's on an internet forum is just that, an excuse. People write that way because they really do not know how to write correctly, they are lazy and don't care, or it's become routine because they are lazy and don't care. Just my 2 cents.

You understand correctly. For me, if an individual chooses to communicate with poor grammar, then that's their choice. If it's understandable and doesn't hurt its effectiveness, then it doesn't bother me. I do think it's a reflection on them, but on a personal level, it doesn't carry much weight. Maybe they don't know better, maybe they don't care - I don't really care either. If it's effective, it's good enough (for me).

However, if you purport to be a professional business, your written communication should reflect that. You represent more than yourself, you represent a business, with which should come a level of professionalism that would suggest they care enough about their grammar to also care enough to offer a quality product/service. If you can't take the time to write properly, you probably aren't going to take the time to build a quality set of headers, or properly install my clutch, etc...