[NPInfo] Grammar

[Jeff and Linda Bocchetto]

I could agree if the topics posted were going to a publisher or writing a 
letter to a public official or drug company. However, I fail to see the 
necessity of perfectly correct format on an informal internet electronic 
board which is intended to provide support to a group of NPs and PAs. I 
believe many of the responses are quickly typed and sent and we should be 
intelligent enough to make a mental correction to grammer/spelling, if 
needed, to understand the context of the message.
Linda B, NP


>From: Margienp at aol.com
>Reply-To: NP Info <npinfo at nurse.net>
>To: npinfo at nurse.net, np-clinical at nurse.net, acc-circle at listserve.com
>Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Grammar
>Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 08:23:23 EST
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>Hello all,
>
>I agree with the poster below.
>I am a Director, at a large health care co., and I am appalled at a select
>group of Master Prepared Nurses, writing skills.
>Have a great day.
>Margie
>In a message dated 1/31/2008 6:24:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>lindamarie76 at msn.com writes:
>
>I'm  going to chime in here with my two cents. As some of you know,  I
>occasionally send private e-mails to posters who use incorrect grammar.  My
>biggest pet peeve is the incorrect use of apostrophes. Unfortunately, I  am
>seeing this more and more frequently (advertisements, CNN, Fox News,  
>etc.).
>However, one place I never see it is in medical journals,  physicians'
>letters, Peg Fitzgerald's documents, etc.
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>I was  a Teachers' Assistant for the baccalaureate nursing program at  
>Florida
>Atlantic University. The students had to submit a journal every  week. I
>never saw such horrible writing. If I could have failed students  for 
>writing
>I would have. I sent many students to the Writing Center on  campus for 
>help
>with basic sentence structure and punctuation use. At the  end of the
>semester I explained my rationales to the students and it  sounded very
>similar to this. . . .
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>"If NPs and PAs want  the public, drug companies, AMA, collaborating
>physicians etc. to respect  us and see us for the professionals that we 
>are.
>.then we should try to  remember things like spell check, punctuation and
>basic writing skills.  After all, what does it say for earning a Master's
>Degree if one cannot  even construct a sentence in English. If English is 
>not
>ones native  language, it is even more important to proof-read and make 
>sure
>posts are  understandable."
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>Respectfully,
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>
>Linda  Marie
>
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