The document discusses an article that argues against hiring people with poor grammar, emphasizing its importance in the workplace. The author uses humor and candidness to convey their message, presenting personal views and examples that link grammar skills to overall work competency. Ultimately, the piece reflects a straightforward stance on the repercussions of poor grammar in professional settings.

1. Poor Grammar
I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar is a very interesting take on the hiring of new employees, and I agree with what he is saying
completely. Here is the broken down 4 elements of a rhetorical situation in relation to this piece of writing. I would identify this piece of writing
as an article. An article is a piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication. I'm not sure where this piece
is originally from, but I do know that it is a short piece of writing that has one single topic, and is meant for people to view. It doesn't fit well
into any other classification, so this is the lucky one. Usually articles are brief and get to a point, and have a decent appeal to the audience of
wherever it is published to.
There are a couple of purposes in this text that I believe he was trying to portray. The first purpose I believe is to amuse/humor. There is quite a bit
of evidence that he is trying to give us a little bit of laugh, especially in the beginning. In just in the first paragraph he uses sarcastic humor to
get his message across. "If you think an apostrophe was one of the 12 disciples of Jesus, you will never work for me" Is just an example of one
that I found quite funny, and there are more to follow. I do not think that the...show more content...
Wiens told us what his view were and why he thought that way. He even gave examples of why his philosophy is a good one, stating
observations that he made when comparing grammar skills to work skills in the 10th paragraph. He didn't beat around the bush when
explaining why he refuses to hire people who can't pass a grammar test, making him seem honest and also a little harsh (in a good way). Wiens
let people know that if you are actually as detail oriented as you say, you won't use the wrong "to" in a sentence. Basically, he doesn't mess
around, and if you don't pass his test, you aren't worth the time of day. Straight forward, like I
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