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[Maurice Onmaplate]

--- Martin WHEELER <mwheeler at startext.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Maurice Onmaplate wrote:
> 
> > It would have more impact if it was written in
> prope
> > English.
> 
> Hmmm.  Make that: 'proper', will you?

well an Email has an expected lower standard ;)

> 
> > most unique - it's either unique or not, most
> unique
> > is meaningless.
> 
> Agreed.  But with the current standards of literacy
> in British schools,
> what do you expect?  Kids are forced to read
> Microsoft capitalization on
> every screen (You Know, Where Every Freaking Word Is
> Capitalized);
> failing that, their friends' abysmal texting style.

Sadly teachers are told :-

1) Don't mark every error, you'll demporalize the kids
2) Don't use red


> 
> > "It's unprecedented integration."
> 
> The consistent mis-spelling of 'its' as 'it's' where
> the genitive case
> is intended is so overwhelming as to be almost
> standard practice.
> ('Should of' and 'definately' are two others which
> most teachers can no
> longer be bothered to flag as appalling errors,
> either.)
> -- 
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> footnote:  The fist dickhead to comment on my use of
> the '-ization'
> spelling convention will be directed to the OED.
> 
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