on 10/09/2008, Dorothy Robbie supposed :
> BARRY HOLLAND wrote:
>> I don't agree Dorothy, speaking as one who punctuates correctly when
>> sending a text message, it's [note correct
>> apostrophe] important that standards aren't
>> allowed to slip, as in the ridiculous suggestion in the papers that
>> ''spelling should evolve'' & 'kids' should be
>> allowed to spell ''as they see fit.'' One of the
>> worst cases of this was when I read, many years ago my daughter's
>> essay for school that included one character saying 'alright,
>> alright.' I told her that it's always ''all right, all right.''
>> Imagine my feelings when the book was marked & corrected to
>> ''alright, alright.'' This , from a supposed English teacher!!!!! I
>> raised Cain at the school on the next open evening!!!!!! I'm sure
>> that Andrew wasn't offended by my e-mail & if he was, that wasn't my
>> intention. As has been said many times on this list, it's not just
>> about boats & waterways & his incorrect caption did not detract one
>> iota from the info given. This is an English language website & I am
>> keen to promote it as such. I fully expect to be shot down in flames
>> for any grammatical or spelling mistake I make in these postings.
>> Please lighten up Barry Nb rantover
>>
> OK, you have your point of view, with which I concur. However, as you may
> have noticed, we do not live in a perfect world, so we should make
> allowances for those whose teachers were less thorough than ours.
My teacher was very thorough, it is just that I didn't learn what they
were trying to teach me and left school a very poor speller. Computers
with spell check were my saviour, they just don't now watt word I
intended to use.
I can fully understand Barry's attitude when the English teacher
incorrectly corrected things.
>
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