“Kidron this morning wrote in a research note that his checks with the channel find the company’s sales in teh quarter might come in light of the company’s guidance of $92 million to $94 million.”
“Don’t you run spell-check? ‘Sales in teh quarter might come in light.’
Hard to have credibility when you make such silly errors.”
Comment by Anonymous – June 26, 2009 at 10:10 pm
“I don’t think mis-spelling the word ‘the’ is that big a deal. Did it prevent you from reading the article or understanding it?”
Comment by stop being lame… – June 27, 2009 at 10:17 pm
The exchange above is from comments on an investing blog. I happen to agree with Anonymous, and I’m sure none of you are surprised. I’ve said on this blog before that I think sloppy writing can be a sign of sloppy thinking or reasoning. I also think it is just good business practice (any practices in many other parts of life) to double-check your work. (See, I learned something from my math teachers.) Or if you aren’t going to double-check your work, at least SPELL CHECK, as Anonymous suggests.
But I’m a grammar geek. Dear Readers, what do you think? Does the misspelling of a common word affect your opinion of an article or blog?
A single word mis-spelling doesn’t bother me. A trail of mis-spellings turns me away.
Comment by Obi-Mom Kenobi — June 29, 2009 @ 11:45 am |
I tend to agree with O-MK. Incidentally, mis-spelling or no, the quoted sentence is pretty terrible.
Comment by Chris Vander Wal — June 29, 2009 @ 12:21 pm |
YES – yes it does. This was a professional article, not some silly chat box with your friend. I couldn’t make heads or tails of the sentence anyway and add a spelling error to it. I lost all respect for the writer.
Comment by laura — July 6, 2009 @ 11:26 am |