I feel blessed that I never really have to deal with this at my company:

A recent survey of 120 American corporations reached a similar conclusion. The study, by the National Commission on Writing, a panel established by the College Board, concluded that a third of employees in the nation's blue-chip companies wrote poorly and that businesses were spending as much as $3.1 billion annually on remedial training.

Feel my pain.

Millions of employees must write more frequently on the job than previously. And many are making a hash of it.

A recent survey of 120 American corporations concluded that a third of employees in the nation's blue-chip companies wrote poorly.

"Clarity is critical."

"Considering how highly educated our people are, many can't write clearly in their day-to-day work."

"I was too wordy," Morrison said. "I liked long, convoluted passages rather than simple four-word sentences."

"Instead of considering what to say when they write, people now just let thoughts drool out onto the screen."

If only it were true! Just 1 in 3 write poorly? Oh, that would be great. I could really work with that.