In 1968, Frederick Herzberg published what became the article most widely requested for reprints on Harvard Business Review. Herzberg turned the conventional wisdom on its head by arguing that factors that keep employees positively engaged and energized in their organization (e.g. meaningfulness of work) are other than or separate from the factors which demotivate them (e.g. poor salary). The 2-Factor Theory famously debunked the value organizations placed on material compensation as the core driver of employee motivation.
Success in the CSS English papers is somewhat like that.
Yes, you do have to work on factors of failure—weak grammar, poor spellings, bad hand writing. But fixing these problems won’t guarantee success.
Why?
Because factors of success in the Essay as well as in the Precis and Composition paper are separate from the problems which lead to failure.
It is ultimately the coherence of your argument, the quality of your presentation and the clarity of your expression that would win you a place on the merit list, provided, as I said, your grammar, spellings and your hand writing don't get in the way.
Conversely, even if your grammar is immaculate, your spellings are perfect and your hand writing is as symmetrical as printed fonts, these virtues combined won't alone suffice to earn you a passing grade.
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