In general, we can slip up in a verbal conversation and get away with it. A colleague may be thinking, “Did she just say ‘irregardless’?”, but the words flow on, and our worst transgressions are carried away and with luck, forgotten. |
| That’s not the case with written communications. When we commit a grammatical crime in emails, discussion posts, reports, memos, and other professional documents, there’s no going back |
| #2: It’s for its (or god forbid, its’) |
| #3: They’re for their for there |
| #7: Different than for different from |
| #10: Could of, would of for could have, would have |
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