The use of grammar has been a major consideration by many employers when they seek to hire more staff. When words are not organized in an appropriate way or poorly crafted, the sentence may lose its meaning. A sentence can be very disastrous when the meaning is lost or poorly understood, this would not be efficient in any work area or any setup where two or more are gathered with a specific goal. Wlens is fiercely against the use of poor grammar among the people who may be considered potential employees. She describes her opinions in her article on the use of poor grammar.
Wlens argues that she cannot hire a person who is poor in grammar, “if job hopefuls can't distinguish between "to" and "too," their applications go into the bin” (Kyle). To her, the ideal people who can fit in her organization are those who are good in grammar. I tend to think that this should not be the case. Human personality is unique and different; this makes each and every potential employee unique in his or her own way. One might be poor in grammar but very efficient in other fields for instance mathematics. She might be getting rid of an important potential employee who could her company in many ways just in the basis of poor grammar. I disagree with her on her opinion.
She is of the opinion that people will definitely judge you if you cannot express yourself in good grammar, “And, for better or worse, people judge you if you can't tell the difference between their, there, and they're” (Kyle). I tend to agree with her about this. Personal expression is very important, therefore when one cannot express himself or herself in good grammar, then the person is bound to be judged by the audience that he or she is addressing. People who seek employment in every organization should therefore have their grammar polished well so that they cannot bring down the reputation of the company that intends to employ them.
In conclusion, looking at the opinion of the author and considering the arguments above, it is decisive to say that grammar is very important in the hiring of the employees in any organization. However, the organizations must not limit their job description requirements to only grammar. This is because the organization may end up losing some very intelligent potential employees on the basis of grammar. People should also try as much as possible to improve on their grammar to avoid possible poor judgment from other people.
Work cited
Kyle, Wiens. I Won’t Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar. Here’s Why. Harvard Business Review, 2012. Retrieved on 18th February, 2016 from: https://hbr.org/2012/07/i-wont- hire-people-who-use-poo#
