Exit this survey Grammar Usage Survey Default Section What is your position within your company? Question Title * 1. What is your position within your company? Owner/Partner/Director Manager Employee Not currently employed Are you involved in hiring new employees? Question Title * 2. Are you involved in hiring new employees? Yes, I make hiring and firing decisions I am involved but do not make the final decision No Do you feel that the correct use of grammar in business communications is important? Question Title * 3. 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 How important do you feel that correct use of grammar is in the following: Question Title * 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 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 How confident do you feel about your own use of grammar? Question Title * 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 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 What do you think of the quality of grammar skills that you see in job applicants? Question Title * 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 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 Comment Have you ever passed over an otherwise promising job candidate because of his or her poor grammar skills? Question Title * 7. Have you ever passed over an otherwise promising job candidate because of his or her poor grammar skills? Yes No N/A - I don't do any hiring Do you feel that your own grammar skills have been an issue in your working life? Question Title * 8. 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 We are interested in hearing any comments you may have on this topic - please share your opinions with us if you wish to! Question Title * 9. We are interested in hearing any comments you may have on this topic - please share your opinions with us if you wish to! If you would like to know the results of this survey, please provide your email address. 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