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typed on a phone, so unlikely to have been at the office.

You have to deliberately turn off autocorrection on most phones

I hare auto correct. It ducks me over all the time.

I'm not sure that's a literal quote from their boss. It seems to be an illustrative example, probably exaggerated.

That depends on your typing ability. My mother only looks up at the end of the sentence to see if she hit all the right keys.

The boss was following Strunk & White's advice to omit needless letters.

You must be referring to the abridged Strnk n Wyt