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Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone
Ant writes to tell us that Wired has an interesting look at the current standards of writing and the general decline of spelling and grammar in today's "comic book generation." The author blames many of the problems on instant or near-instant communications stating that the slang developed is essentially eroding our ability to formulate coherent thoughts in writing when called upon to do so.
Elements of Style `Nuff said...
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>A simple language is the mark of a simple culture, which was Orwell's point.
And so what would he say about the whole Apple design philosophy?
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
Please mod this parent up. This doesn't deserve the flamebait moderations it's recieved. Sure, the author of the parent post may have damaged some people's egos a bit, but encouraging today's youth to read well-written literature outweighs the importance of anybodys ego. I can understand the net-speak on cellphones, as it would take forever to send information otherwise. Really though, why is it that someone who tells the truth gets modded 40% flamebait?
I too am sick and tired of seeing "dont" instead of "don't", and "im" instead of "i'm".
Beowulf, one of the great epic poems, was composing in this time period,
Shouldn't that be "was composed during this time?"
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.