Just to support the education infrastructure, I recently (after MANY years) returned to college to finish a degree program and was required to take several 'W' courses. These are courses that require a certain amount of writing (with editing by the instructor) but which are not English courses. There seems to be at least some emphasis on being able to construct written communication that utilizes correct grammer.
Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: loose vs. lose >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"! Communication only works when you are all using a common language. If everybody spells randomly, where's the commonality? - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
