So, how do you say 'you suck' without upsetting people?

[graculus]

Today's work-related question: is there a relatively non-contentious way of saying "your standard of written English is nothing like good enough for what you're being asked to do"? ;)

In other news, today I got paid for playing with Powerpoint all afternoon. I've been 'volunteered' to help with some training next month and as a result I've been writing training material and translating some of the stuff I've already written into Powerpoint slides. The offer was there to send the relevant information to our inhouse Training department and have them do it, but if they're all anything like A. who is supposed to be coordinating the training in question and who is about as much use as a chocolate teapot, I figured I would rather do it myself.

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[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Writing well is an offshoot of *reading* - which isn't something huge numbers of people do, especially if they're too busy to read (or just don't like it). Most rules of grammar, etc are absorbed through reading (IMO) and making sure you're running your text through a checker/reader-checker.

Which does nothing to advise on your problem, of course. Just thought I'd poke my nose in.