At 01:10 PM 9/05/98 +0200, you wrote: >-----Mensaje original----- >De: Mark G. Forbes >Para: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Fecha: sabado 9 de mayo de 1998 7:02 >Asunto: PICs and jobs > > >>Sam's received some good comments with regard to employment. >>I'd like to add one more point, one which leaped out at me >>when I first saw his posting: >> >>"Spelling counts." >> >>When I see misuse of ->>>>>>>>capitalization<<<<<<<<<-, poor structure and >>misspelled words, I ->>>>>>>>>>>visualize<<<<<<<<<- a person who's at least poorly >>->>>>>>>>>>>>>organized<<<<<<<<<<-, and quite possibly poorly educated. This is not >>necessarily true; many talented, capable people are poor >>spellers. The talented, capable, *successful* people also >>know that their message will never get across without some >>attention to the picky details. >> >Please, have a couple of things in mind: > >1.- This is an _OPEN_, INTERNATIONAL LISTING. Here are people, from many >parts -I live in South Europe-, and while I can not talk of my talents, I >can speak five ->>>>>>>>>>languajes<<<<<<<<<<<-. Of course, this makes me not being as fluent as a >native in any of them, but I _CAN_ ->>>>>>>>>>comunicate<<<<<<<<<- with 75% people in the world, >maybe I make some misspellings. My apologies. > >2. - With Word-processing technology, there _IS_ a free lunch: modern word >processors not only check spelling, but grammar! Try one of these, and >you'll wonder how bad is your ->>>>>>>>>>>>writting<<<<<<<<<<-! > > >I have added OT: to the subject for obvious reasons. > >Regards, > >Andres j. Ogayar. > > Spelling ("->>>>>>> <<<<<<<<-") Grammar and punctuation. Now if that's not the pot calling the Kettle black! May I suggest that you use a spell checker first, and one day, you may be **successful** too! Dennis