Although a lot of agents get upset when they are corrected I'd rather have someone point out an error on this board rather than having a client read an email where I spell "a lot "alot" or "allot." It makes it seem like you dropped out of the 7th grade.
To be honest, really don't understand most of these common errors in spelling. Some of the words that are often misspelled are covered literally in the 4th or 5th grade and there's absolutely no way you're writing high school papers with the errors I've seen some agents make.
My son's in the 1st grade and gets marked down if he used "they're" instead of "their" in a sentence.....1st grade.
Excuse me, grammar puss, no kidding it’s important to spell and speak correctly when dealing with clients.
YOU TWO ARE NOT CLIENTS.
Of course, we always use spell check when dealing with clients, and, while communicating verbally are carefull to speak articulately while adapting to the person to whom we are dealing with. Please.
What is this? The Gotcha Forum or the Insurance Forum?
Dude, or should I say “sir,” personally, I appreciate most of your posts but a …
Wow.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
Teacher, can me take potty break?
No? Because of my poor use of the English language?
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity...
I can guarantee if you're sloppy on a professional insurance forum you're just as sloppy when typing emails to clients. Although you'll gain some business, if you even have one grammar error in a communication to a client you're losing business since it paints you as...well, uneducated.
My advice is if you don't know how to spell a word just Google it before you post or email. My advice if you actually don't know how to spell maternity is to go back and chew out your 4th grade teacher - they didn't do their job.
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Excuse me, grammar puss, no kidding its important to spell and speak correctly when dealing with clients.
YOU TWO ARE NOT CLIENTS.
Of course, we always use spell check when dealing with clients, and, while communicating verbally are carefull to speak articulately while adapting to the person to whom we are dealing with. Please.
What is this? The Gotcha Forum or the Insurance Forum?
Dude, or should I say sir, personally, I appreciate most of your posts but a
Wow.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
Teacher, can me take potty break?
No? Because of my poor use of the English language?
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity.
I will not spell maternity as maturnity...
John and Bob, good posts about taking time to use the correct grammar and spelling. Joeboy is not the only forum member who should use spellcheck. Of couse, we have to allow for typographical errors but lazy writing is definitely unprofessional----even on this forum.
I ran into it quite a bit over the years, trying to figure out a way to show a family that they should drop their "group" plan and buy an individual one! There is NO way to do this unless it is a small family or individual! The pro's will NEVER outweigh the con's.
I'd like to hear someone who has had success doing this without blowing smoke up the clients ass!
I can guarantee if you're sloppy on a professional insurance forum you're just as sloppy when typing emails to clients. Although you'll gain some business, if you even have one grammar error in a communication to a client you're losing business since it paints you as...well, uneducated.
My advice is if you don't know how to spell a word just Google it before you post or email. My advice if you actually don't know how to spell maternity is to go back and chew out your 4th grade teacher - they didn't do their job.
My advice.
Give advice when it matters as you have done in previous posts.
Did you read my last post?
AGAIN, of course we spell check, etc. when dealing with clients and how can you "guarantee" anything when it comes to how we deal with them ...?"
Your condescending remarks about "my 4th grade teacher" are less than appreciated. In haste, I misspell one word, by one letter, albeit several times, and now why intellect / education are in question?
Also, you google, from now on, yes, I will take the time to use the spell check option within this Insurance Forums software ...
Free yourself, get over yourself?
Hi - freak'n - larious.
Again pre spellcheck, in my inspired haste to rebuke.
Anything lost in the translation?
Go ahead, tell me that you didn't "LOL ..." ?
Ooops, did i commit another felony, is that a real word?
It never ends. Kind of reminds me of that Sam Kinison bit where he is at the morgue?
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Originally Posted by moonlightandmargaritas
This is the era of the written word.
With blogs, emails, texts, etc. being so pervasive, it has never been more important to master grammar, spelling and writing concepts.
Yes folks, I know its out of character, but Moondog has joined the pile on ...
I'm going to take it easy on you since you have brightened my day on more than one occaison with your insightful and yes, humorous commentary.
Master this?
Just because I didn't use bloody spell check in my naivete in regards to the proper conduct expected within this "professional insurance forum," please don't infer for a moment that you have "mastered" the English language above and beyond anyone else, including me, within said forum?
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Originally Posted by healthagent
Actually most browsers include spell check. I use Chrome so when I'm typing too fast it'll underline a misspelled word.
There you go, something I didn't know already.
Thank you sir.
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With blogs, emails, texts, etc. being so pervasive, it has never been more important to master grammar, spelling and writing concepts.
Yes folks, I know its out of character, but Moondog has joined the pile on ...
I'm going to take it easy on you since you have brightened my day on more than one occaison with your insightful and yes, humorous commentary.
Master this?
Just because I didn't use bloody spell check in my naivete in regards to the proper conduct expected within this "professional insurance forum," please don't infer for a moment that you have "mastered" the English language above and beyond anyone else, including me, within said forum?
Originally Posted by arnguy
John and Bob, good posts about taking time to use the correct grammar and spelling. Joeboy is not the only forum member who should use spellcheck. Of couse, we have to allow for typographical errors but lazy writing is definitely unprofessional----even on this forum.
I sit, in my $700 office chair, corrected.
I can't resist, you guys are a bad influence; the word is spelled course not couse.
I love it. Our boy is commenting on my "lazy" writing with perhaps even lazier writing ... LOL. You kill me bro.
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Originally Posted by somarco
Thx, Rick. I just knew your hillbilly roots would eventually surface . . .
Let me see if I understand this correctly. When you misspell a word it is a "typographical error."
When someone else does, it is "stupidity."
Whom am I to question such logic?
I swear that I spell so bad that spell checks don't know what I'm trying to spell half the time.
I agree with joeboy. Just because I don't spend hours reviewing every word I type here for correct spelling and grammer doesn't mean I don't do that with my communications to the public.
I figure we're all family here.
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John and Bob, good posts about taking time to use the correct grammar and spelling. Joeboy is not the only forum member who should use spellcheck. Of couse, we have to allow for typographical errors but lazy writing is definitely unprofessional----even on this forum.
Pass this one on to John and Bob?
Perhaps Arn, if you are going to jump in and give advice to others, you should first practice what you preach?
What’s that, your spell check mechanism malfunctioned? We’ll send a tech right over.
Please.
A battle of wit, with an unarmed twit.
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For an instant I thought perhaps your WebNanny reference was some sort of a wise crack. You know; like I need a "nanny ..." , but upon further research (yeah, I googled it) we see that there is such helpful software available by that name. Is it any better than what comes built into this software or Microsoft Word (which our office uses all the time)? John mentioned "Chrome?"
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