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Monday, February 17, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
"Spunt" is not a word!
Urban male: "...you know they say spunt is a word.
Female Co-worker: "What?"
Urban male: "Yeah, you know like, I done spunt all my money out my check."
This is where the lady had to intervene! The guy said this word was in the urban dictionary online.
After strongly admonishing him to ignore that stuff, the lady pondered ways to help others improve their language skills, and one year later, this website was born.
TIP: Spunt is not the past tense of the verb spend!
Correction: spent.
Example: I spent all of my money on groceries.
spend - present tense
spent - past tense
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Monday, February 10, 2014
Don't Get Offended, Get Better!
Regardless of your educational or job skill level, you will not fare well in the job market if you do not speak well and if you cannot write grammatically sound emails, memos and other written documents.
Some companies 'secretly' use writing skills to weed candidates from consideration. Have you ever been asked to write a brief summary of your experience right there in front of the interviewer? Get ready!
In a recent interview, The Urban Grammar Lady had to write an entire speech in 30 minutes with very specific style instructions that was reviewed on the spot.
How comfortable would you feel in that situation? How confident are you about your writing abilities?
Poor writing and speaking skills constrain minority groups from good educational and employment opportunities like none other in this country. Therefore, targeting minority populations with this site is very intentional.
Instead of forming negative opinions about the 'urban' aspect of this site, review the tips, get help and get better!
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