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Literacy Limps Into the Kill Zone

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the grahmer-an-spulleeng-natsis-dunce-weth-glee dept.

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.

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  1. Re:They don't realise language changes. by GoofyBoy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    >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?

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