Week 4 Discussion

Grammatical Errors in Communication

Your grammar can affect other’s perceptions of your professional competence—or lack thereof.

A well-executed paper implies that your paper is worth reading. When
you make grammatical errors, readers might assume you are not very
smart, you are lazy, or that you do not apply critical thinking skills.
When working in a public role, it is of vital importance to ensure that
what you communicate is grammatically correct. You should try to avoid
grammatical errors that might produce any misunderstanding in the
message you are trying to communicate.

For this Discussion, pay attention to the grammatical rules and
conventions for writing competently. Reflect on how violating these
rules could contribute to miscommunication. Then select a message where
the interpretation of the message was impacted by the incorrect use of
grammar. Finally, consider how you could apply grammatical rules and
conventions to make the message more effective.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 4 a brief description of a personal or
professional message where the incorrect use of grammar conveyed a
different meaning than the one intended. Then describe two grammatical
rules and conventions that could be applied to make the message more
effective and explain how.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

Week 4 Learning Resources

This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to
scroll down the page to see all of this week’s assigned Learning
Resources.

Required Resources

Readings

• Johnson, W. A., Rettig, R. P., Scott, G. M., & Garrison, S. M. (2015). The criminal justice student writer’s manual (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
  • Chapter 2 “Writing Competently”
  • Chapter 3 “Student Paper Formats”
  • Chapter 5 “Citing Sources in APA Style”

Media

• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2011). Grammar Assessment. Baltimore: Author.

Please proceed to the Discussion.