> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL
>
> >The thought being that one only needs to communicate.
> Correct spellings and grammar are impediments to people being
> able to communicate.
>
> I disagree with that one!
> I remember (in the 1960's) losing marks for bad
> grammar/spelling on science projects (by teachers who were
> not english teachers). -5SP was the designation.
>
> I remember when my (now 18) son would do projects and, when I
> complained about his spelling, the teacher would say "who
> cares? He's communicating"!
FSVO "communicating".
> Communication only works when you are all using a common
> language. If everybody spells randomly, where's the commonality?
Indeed. Also consider the frequent misuse of "cite", "sight" and
"site". It is easy to cite a site to sight such misuse. :-)
-jc-
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