Grammar Usage SurveyGrammar Usage Survey

1. What is your position within your company?

What is your position within your company? Owner/Partner/Director

Manager

Employee

Not currently employed

2. Are you involved in hiring new employees?

Are you involved in hiring new employees? Yes, I make hiring and firing decisions

I am involved but do not make the final decision

3. Do you feel that the correct use of grammar in business communications is important?

Do you feel that the correct use of grammar in business communications is important? Yes

No, not really, as long as we get our point across

4. How important do you feel that correct use of grammar is in the following:

	Not important	Fairly important	Very important
Printed materials such as brochures and catalogues	*How important do you feel that correct use of grammar is in the following: Printed materials such as brochures and catalogues Not important	Printed materials such as brochures and catalogues Fairly important	Printed materials such as brochures and catalogues Very important
Direct mail	Direct mail Not important	Direct mail Fairly important	Direct mail Very important
Company web site	Company web site Not important	Company web site Fairly important	Company web site Very important
Newsletters	Newsletters Not important	Newsletters Fairly important	Newsletters Very important
Emails (business-related)	Emails (business-related) Not important	Emails (business-related) Fairly important	Emails (business-related) Very important

5. How confident do you feel about your own use of grammar?

	Not at all	Not very confident	Mediocre	Quite confident	Very confident
Use of punctuation	*How confident do you feel about your own use of grammar? Use of punctuation Not at all	Use of punctuation Not very confident	Use of punctuation Mediocre	Use of punctuation Quite confident	Use of punctuation Very confident
Spelling	Spelling Not at all	Spelling Not very confident	Spelling Mediocre	Spelling Quite confident	Spelling Very confident
Sentence construction	Sentence construction Not at all	Sentence construction Not very confident	Sentence construction Mediocre	Sentence construction Quite confident	Sentence construction Very confident

6. What do you think of the quality of grammar skills that you see in job applicants?

	Terrible	Not very good	Average	Quite good	Very good	N/A
Fresh out of school	*What do you think of the quality of grammar skills that you see in job applicants? Fresh out of school Terrible	Fresh out of school Not very good	Fresh out of school Average	Fresh out of school Quite good	Fresh out of school Very good	Fresh out of school N/A
College grads	College grads Terrible	College grads Not very good	College grads Average	College grads Quite good	College grads Very good	College grads N/A
University grads	University grads Terrible	University grads Not very good	University grads Average	University grads Quite good	University grads Very good	University grads N/A
People with some work experience	People with some work experience Terrible	People with some work experience Not very good	People with some work experience Average	People with some work experience Quite good	People with some work experience Very good	People with some work experience N/A
People with lots of work experience	People with lots of work experience Terrible	People with lots of work experience Not very good	People with lots of work experience Average	People with lots of work experience Quite good	People with lots of work experience Very good	People with lots of work experience N/A

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7. Have you ever passed over an otherwise promising job candidate because of his or her poor grammar skills?

Have you ever passed over an otherwise promising job candidate because of his or her poor grammar skills? Yes

N/A - I don't do any hiring

8. Do you feel that your own grammar skills have been an issue in your working life?

Do you feel that your own grammar skills have been an issue in your working life? No, I don't think so

I feel that I might have done better with better grammar skills

I know, or think, that I missed out on a promotion due to my grammar skills

I know, or suspect, that I missed out on a job because of my grammar skills

9. We are interested in hearing any comments you may have on this topic - please share your opinions with us if you wish to!

We are interested in hearing any comments you may have on this topic - please share your opinions with us if you wish to!

10. If you would like to know the results of this survey, please provide your email address. (This will not be used for any other purpose and it will not be shared with any third party.)

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