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Good article but he digs too deep. I would be happier if students just learned to use "should have", not "should of", and related constructs. This seems prevalent even among the college-educated these days.

Does a programmer's spelling and grammar correlate with the quality of his[/her] code?

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I've found that it doesn't correlate with their analytical ability or ability to architect a clean system. But it does affect the readability of their code.

I would imagine that vocabulary would have a greater effect than their spelling or grammar.

It's more general English Language writing ability. This tends to be correlated with spelling and grammar.

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