Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:38:58 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: photo of vanagon fire: illiteracy
In-Reply-To: <1213335783.485208e729036@www.stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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dear all
regarding spelling... many writers who write for a living can not spell at
all
indeed when you think about it spell check was one of the first non plug in
add on to be included
right from the get go ...
so spelling or not is common...
the other half of the argument for doing grammar RIGHT
is that english is considered an evolving language ...
i would imagine every spoken and written language is evolving ...
it is the unspoken and unwritten one that are not
so spelling and styles change a great deal over each ... generation ...
as well as form and function ...
computers are changing the way we view english
the same way the press changed the way words were seen in print
what is acceptable today will not be 50 years from now ...
what was acceptable 50 years ago /.. less so now ...
case in point i start all correspondence to every one with "dear"
i was recently chastised ... for the second time in my recent professional
incarnation
... that is no way to commence a letter business or other wise ...
but but but said i ... in grade 8 grammar ... 30 years ago ...
(read with texts 20 years older than that )
(read written by people who were in their 30's and 50' then so working with
30 year old ideas ...)
so read with 90 -100 year old grammar ...
their reply ... this is not grade 8 any more...
sigh i still start with dear ...
sometimes an email with hey...
yours
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Andrew Grebneff <
andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
> >> stumbled upon this on
> >>> flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leifv/2567731881/ You can
> >>> click the "all sizes" link if you want to see it bigger.
> >>> Edward
> >>>
> >>>
> Great caption: "your`e fired"
> Let us take a moment to pray for our education system.
>
>
> It's not just the US. Proper spelling and grammar are not taught anywhere
> these days. No wonder so many on this list (for instance) are illiterate.
>
> Have a look at Lynne Truss 2003 "Eats, Shoots & Leaves"; while I don't
> agree with everything she says about punctuation, and in addition she has
> real problems with grammar, for punctuation sticklers (like me)it's worth
> reading. It was a bestseller in Britain and is now on the US market
> (Gotham Books).
>
--
roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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