Oshawa Times (1958-), 28 Jul 1966, p. 14

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14 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, July 28, 1966 Inability To Spell Causes Firings By ROBERTA ROESCH "You will be doing employees a favor," an executive told me this week, 'if you emphasize whenever you can the import- ance of knowing how to spell. "I have freauently had to let people go, even ones with skills, because they couldn't spell. Just today, | had-to give < typing speed was outstanding. She could make her typewriter fly, but she was getting no- where because her work had to be done all over again. "In the first six words of her Most recent letter, she mis- spelled 'absent' and 'separate.' As the letter continued, so did her misspellings. 1 had to let her go." Since many. employers talk about the need for more accur- ate spelling, there is no better ime than this moment to make who will lose opportunities be- cause you can't type a word correctly. Here are five tips that might help you. ALWAYS BESIDE YOU 1, Keep a dictionary beside you and use it when you are in doubt, 2. Ask your boss to spell out difficult names or technical terms the first time he dictates them, if they are not in the dictionary, 'nen lst these in a too. notebook that you keep handy,| write down the common every- day words.that you have trouble with. Memorize and practice spelling them, 4. If certain words continue to plague you, go back to your grammar school routine and write each word a hundred times, You may be bored doing this, but the word may stick with you. 5. Use "crutches" or "canes" w neip yvu wien te a taterrres "absence," define each word loosely in your mind, telling yourself that you haven't sent yourself or had been sent to a certain place. This is an "s-y" way to remember the "s,"" WRITE IT DOWN There are two ways to get the spelling of the word "sepa- rate" down pat. If you are a doodler, keep writint it down, making the "a" after the "p"' = tin annlénl Latdtaw "BS wreeene words, If you can't remember that You can probably think of plenty of your own ways to help fa nal cle oe we a we tah troublesome words as: super- sede, (not supercede), precede. (not preceed), proceed (not pro- cede), dilemma (not dilemna). 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