It is a very sad situation that our standards of English are in. I see lots of aspiring young graduates who want to place themselves as an 'officer' in any one of the upcoming BPOs and Call Centres. The important thing that they lack is basic English communication. On an average, if you ask a person to write a paragraph on any current issue, you will end up in finding a dozen mistakes in it. Honestly, how many of us know that can and able cannot go together in a sentence?
Are we aware of the correct usage of may, might, will, would, shall, should, can, could, must and ought? It might not necessary for our Indian conditions. However, when it comes to an email to a person in UK or in the US, it makes a world of difference.
Are you aware of the fact that the passive voice of "Please open the door" is "Let the door be opened? I can see so many sentences with Please and Let going together...
And there is no such thing as:
* Thanking you
* Kindly do the needful
What is the difference between "Please open the door" and "Kindly open the door"?
People -- Good English and communcation techniques come only with practice. If you bunk your English classes at College, aim for scoring only 40 in that paper (because that will not count for the percentage calculation), then forget high-paid jobs in BPO lime light. And if you think that the crap that we speak as 'accentuated' English is good English, go and watch BBC or CNN.
It will not matter if you have excellent subject knowledge. You must have sound English vocabulary to market it!
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