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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 2363940" data-attributes="member: 1236">If you use grammar and punctuation properly, the document should be clear and understandable; that's what proper usage allows for. The problem I find is that some people don't use grammar and punctuation properly and, therefore, their written material becomes difficult to read.Also, because you write contracts, you know that punctuation is still important. For example, my wife works for a large food company and sat in on a class for the salespeople. The instructor brought up an example of how proper grammar in a contract could make or break it. A person had written a contract in which some items, I don't remember the specifics, were to be split evenly amongst three people. The contract read to the effect of "The items will be split amongst Bob, Tom and Jim." The people supplying the items gave 50% to Bob; Tom and Jim were to split the other 50%. It went to court and the judge ruled in the suppliers favor. The judge said that the missing serial comma made it look like Bob should receive 50%, while Tom and Jim should receive the other 50%. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the ruling, I'm just pointing out that proper grammar should still be taken into consideration on all written documents.</blockquote>