Thursday, Apr 11, 2019 at 12:40
There is one very obvious outcome from the lowering of schooling standards in recent decades - the atrocious spelling ability of many people, who apparently were never corrected and allowed to continue with their abysmal spelling.
It appears in mainstream journalism, signs, political advertising, and even technical and research papers today.
I long for the days, that are long gone, when bad spelling was corrected immediately, and in no way would the bad spelling be allowed through to important communiques or signage.
"Quiet" instead of "quite"
"Decent" instead of "descent"
"Loose" instead of "lose"
"To" instead of "too"
"Draws" instead of "drawers" (I hate this one in particular)
"Fourty instead of "forty"
"Goverment" instead of "government"
"Their", "there", and "they're" - those simple words, that so many people have no idea, of which one to use, in the correct form.
I could go on - but then I'll be attacked as a spelling Nazi, and someone who's too exacting or picky.
I can understand that a number of people have afflictions such as varying degrees of autism or dyslexia - or English is not their primary language, and they find the English language very difficult.
But there's nothing wrong with finding out the correct way to spell, and practising it - and in todays electronic world, correct spelling is easily found with spellcheckers and just Googling the word.
It makes communication far easier when you don't have to try and translate a post, or a
sign, or a communique, or try to understand what a person really meant to say.
Cheers, Ron.
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