A Testimonial for Good English

rogersgeorge on December 10th, 2017

Look what Dilbert said to derogate this document: Full of typos!

Fake Email From The Ceo - Dilbert by Scott Adams

The rule: typographical errors matter. I wrote about this in the past more than once.

Sigh. A couple days later Scott repeated the joke:

Elbonian Virus Infects Mission Statement - Dilbert by Scott Adams

And a subtle dig—the gal is their tech writer. She could see what the developer couldn’t.

That’s why you need us tech writers: we can see things you can’t.

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