Dr Bernard Lambís punctuation disastersí - Letter to the Editor

Dr Bernard Lambís punctuation disastersí diary may seem a somewhat pedantic protest. However, in reality, his gripes over linguistic inadequacies at Imperial College in London have much larger ramifications than just an irate professor.

Almost a third of job-hunting graduates who approach us will be rejected simply for their poor grasp of language. Badly-written, poorly punctuated CVs and cover letters reflect inadequate communication skills, attention to detail and attitude ñ automatically relegating those candidates to the bottom of the pile. If students arenít picked up on sloppy spelling in education, their bad habits will prevail during university and beyond.

Students canít just rely on first-class degrees from top universities. They need to get back to the ABC basics, and polish up their spelling, punctuation and grammar. Otherwise, they wonít just risk their tutorsí wrath ñ but also their future careers.

Sunil Duggal
Managing director
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