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[mstyrion 1]

Let us not put all this on the young. I've seen all these mistakes and more in posts here. I don't think the majority of posters on these boards are school kids!

[Free2be]

I chuckled at this snippet of a review for a pair of slippers. A common misspelling but it didn't make much sense, either. ""I wore them for one morning around my house. By the end of the day the heals were falling apart."

[lolakimono]

On 11/9/2014 VCamp2748 said: Sad but true. I work in academia & have been disappointed to see a lack of basic writing skills among staff, faculty, undergrad & grad students.

When I taught in college, the English adjunct faculty member shared a poignant excerpt from his student's essay. He chronicled the life changing event, when his uncle died of "phenomenon."

AKA- pneumonia

[DoneTryin]

On 11/9/2014 mstyrion 1 said:

Let us not put all this on the young. I've seen all these mistakes and more in posts here. I don't think the majority of posters on these boards are school kids!

Who is putting it all on the young?

[DoneTryin]

On 11/9/2014 lolakimono said:

On 11/9/2014 VCamp2748 said: Sad but true. I work in academia & have been disappointed to see a lack of basic writing skills among staff, faculty, undergrad & grad students.

When I taught in college, the English adjunct faculty member shared a poignant excerpt from his student's essay. He chronicled the life changing event, when his uncle died of "phenomenon."

AKA- pneumonia

LOL!

[brewhaha]

Its definately not neccesarry to seperate they're spalling from there grammer.

[RainCityGirl]

I'm an English major and a 30 year English and Journalism teacher. Don't get me started on the state of grammar, composition, and spelling in this country. Add to that poor word processing skills, of which I am guilty too, and you have a recipe for language disaster. English is a lovely language and the beauty of the written word should be celebrated, not mutilated or interpreted by auto correct. Alas, it is what it is, and there's probably no turning back.

[Sushismom]

Superfluous apostrophes are the bane of my existence. Well, not really.

Then there's the "to and too" problem. Or how about the use of "I" when it should be "me"? For example, "She went to the store with Jane and I" when it should be "She went to the store with Jane and me". After all, you wouldn't say "She went to the store with I", would you?

[LTT1]

On 11/9/2014 Sushismom said:

Superfluous apostrophes are the bane of my existence. Well, not really.

Then there's the "to and too" problem. Or how about the use of "I" when it should be "me"? For example, "She went to the store with Jane and I" when it should be "She went to the store with Jane and me". After all, you wouldn't say "She went to the store with I", would you?

My dad's teaching of this stayed with me.

[LTT1]

When reading the Declaration of Independence, I am truly moved by the beauty of the Enlish language. This art form has truly left us...