The Dumbing Down of Grammar

As someone who spent 36+ years in the corporate world as an accountant/budget & financial analyst, a significant portion of my time was spent composing reports and memos. I found both internal and external communications to often be lacking in proper grammar. The following three articles support my observations. I believe these lessons are pertinent to us as writers as we offer our submissions to agents, editors, and publishers.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/every-company-is-a-publishing-company/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303410404577466662919275448.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_LeadStoryNA
 
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/10/29/dumbing-it-down-the-pursuit-of-intellectual-mediocrity-in-america/

New meeting added to schedule

At Saturday's meeting it was decided to add Saturday, June 30th to the meeting schedule. Here is a revised meeting schedule through July.

Monday, June 25th - email stories

Saturday, June 30th - 10 AM meeting @ Lowe Bldg outside the Admissions/Registrar’s Offices

Monday, July 9th - email stories

Saturday, July 14th - 10 AM meeting @ Lowe Bldg outside the Admissions/Registrar’s Offices

Monday, July 23rd - email stories

Saturday, July 28th - 10 AM meeting @ Lowe Bldg outside the Admissions/Registrar’s Offices

Call For Submissions

Today's the deadline for submissions for our meeting on Saturday. I've updated the meeting schedule on the blog.

We'll have almost a month's break between meetings. The next meeting will be July 14th. This meeting gap was planned due to the upcoming 4th of July holiday.

Please get your submissions in for this week's important meeting. I'm sure we can accept some submissions through Thursday but please none after that since the closer to Saturday, the more difficult it is for people to devote the time to critique.

See you on Saturday.