You’re Grammar Affects There Decisions
August 14, 2009 in Blogging
I was just readin’ a article the other day win it hit me; does you’re grammar realy affect how you’re potential consumers make there decisions? Well, that has been an question fore sum time now and it is 1 that alot of people realy say “6 of one and half a dozen of the other”. May or it may knot, who realy nose. The reel ? might b r u willin’ two take a chance too find out. N this article that I was readin’, they’re was this person that was SCREAMIN’ and YELLIN’ ’bout how wrong Real Estate agents were 4 chargin’ full commissions n this economy. I aint realy wantin’ to get in2 that subject and will not. What I do want 2 talk about is the fact that this particular persons’ comments own how smart you’re potential clients are. 1st, I agree with him n that the customers r vary smart and vary savy 2day. However, what he does knot reelize is that they r also smart enough to0 no when you are knot vary smart.
Okay, Okay, enough of that. It is hard as hell to write like that. I cannot really understand how someone actually does it. Unless the writer does not pay attention to the little details, he could be hemorrhaging consumers. So, let’s start this post all over and do it right.
The other day I was reading an article when I came across some comments that got me thinking; Does your grammar effect potential clients’ decisions? Well, personally, I think the answer is yes, but many people side with the adage of ‘six of one and half a dozen of the other.’ Whether it does or does not is difficult to determine. However, is it really worth taking a chance to find out? In this particular article, there was a person that was screaming and yelling about how smart consumers are today. At the same time that he was attacking Real Estate agents that charge full commissions in today’s economy, he was burying his credibility. While I refuse to discuss the topic that he was so adamant about, I want to use him to make this point. His main premise was that the consumers today are smart and savvy. I completely agree with him. What he ignored to the point that you really could not understand what he was saying was his grammar. In my opinion, I believe that he loses a lot of credibility with the consumer because of this. Before I am accused of being the self-appointed grammar police, let me freely acknowledge that we all make occasional grammatical errors in our writing. What is interesting is that this writer’s message was obscured not because of the bad grammar as much as the lack of attention to small details which makes him seem lazy.
Whether you are a REALTOR®, Appraiser, home inspector, loan officer, stager, or title person, you have to be able to pay attention to the smallest of details. This is something that consumers look for today. The easiest place for them to look for it is in what you write. So, I will ask you again; Does your grammar effect their decisions?
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Thanks for the reminder!
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Mike Payne - Sarasota Realtor said on July 6, 2010
On one hand, I see people (even business professionals) drifting further away from written correctness. Believe me when I say I’m not nitpicking. What you and I are seeing is everywhere, or so it seems.
TEXTING is becoming de facto ‘correctness.’
Okay, so I’m old-fashioned but not to the degree I’m insulted by ending a sentence with a preposition or or dangling participles or ….. I’m even okay with typos (or misspellings).
Strangely (or not), I’m finding more and more people (and not just Gen Y) who can’t/don’t handle face-to-face conversations well. They prefer sticking their face to a computer or smartphone.
Sorry, I don’t mean to take your post to a new level. When I left the classroom in 2002, my big fear was that kids preferred watching and listening over reading and writing. I feared they’d suffer from not being able to write when needed (or wanted).
Just a few years later, I see writing ability (including clarity, message, spelling, grammar, usage, etc) even more important in a digital world (despite YouTube proliferation). Our new de facto language quickly is becoming “texting.”
Will it become our new acceptable language?
Seriously hope NOT….
Mike
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Danny Thornton said on July 6, 2010