Actually, the research is waiting to be done, but a lot of people (including me) think we are producing generations with better writing skills than in the last few centuries. For many generations, the only thing anyone wrote in a typical life was book reviews in school, reports for their boss, and maybe some letters. Since some time in the nineties, a high proportion of communication, in particular young people’s communication, has been in writing. You may not think SMS messages are good or careful writing, but they are writing. How do you get good at ANYTHING? Practice practice practice.
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 11:20 AM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps because, there are video cameras built into everything, and they no > longer teach writing in school. If all you have is a hammer, everything > looks like a nail. > > > On 8/28/2014 5:51 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> >> Quoting "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com>: >> >>> http://twistedsifter.com/videos/smartphone-photography-hacks/ >> >> >> >> Flaming hell! Why does everything these days have to be a video? Doesn't >> anyone actually write articles any more? >> >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- - Tim Bray (If you’d like to send me a private message, see https://keybase.io/timbray) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
