Timeline for How to react when supervisor/boss has way too many spelling and grammatical errors
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| May 8, 2017 at 13:46 | comment | added | Wayne Werner | "I think" or other positions of "uncertainty" is a great point - even if you know, 100%, for sure that someone else's approach is wrong, and you even have the proofs to back it up, you're only going to come across as pompous. But if you come with a Columbo-style attitude, "Can you help me understand? I thought that X, but I see that you've written Y here, am I misunderstanding something?" That's usually taken a lot better. | |
| May 7, 2017 at 9:48 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @Patricia and Monica: As an editor, I would advise against that. By all means, say typos if everything you’ve fixed can reasonably be interpreted as actual typos; but if you’re fixing things that cannot possibly be typos, don’t call them typos. That makes it far too obvious that you’re being deliberately euphemistic, and it easily comes off as talking down to people. If you’re fixing things for idiomacy, word order, agreement, etc., say instead something like, “In some places, I’ve suggested an alternative phrasing that I think sounds better/makes the text flow better/…”. | |
| May 7, 2017 at 3:01 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | I tend to say "typos" regardless of status. It seems appropriate to give the writer the benefit of the doubt, and assume that they actually know correct grammar and spelling. | |
| May 5, 2017 at 22:01 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | Yes, this -- especially the "a few" part. I tend to say "typos" when it's a higher-up or a special snowflake. Typos are clearly accidents, while "errors" or "mistakes" can be seen as judgements about the other person's abilities. And even if you are judging, it's not always politic to let it show. | |
| May 5, 2017 at 18:42 | comment | added | industry7 | All around really great advice here. | |
| May 5, 2017 at 16:27 | comment | added | Neo | People have different strengths. I am not a great writer ( which is why I am here partially ), so I always have someone else proof read important stuff I write to the higher ups or for customers. | |
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| May 5, 2017 at 16:05 | history | answered | big mack | CC BY-SA 3.0 |