Subj : English skills
To   : Spectre
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Oct 18 2022 08:59:12

  Re: Re: Community
  By: Spectre to Adept on Mon Oct 03 2022 07:32 am

 Sp> I don't know they were a lot smarter... but I'm specificially looking at
 Sp> english skills rather than IQ.. If I had to hazzard it with no real data,
 Sp> english reading and comprehension has been in decline since the mid to
 Sp> late 70s and its more recently fallen off a precipice...

It seems that way to me too.  In recent years, I feel like I've been seeing more and more spelling and grammar mistakes in writing, and even sometimes in printed material (magazines, signs, etc.).  It's like they don't have anyone proofread it, or those checking the work just don't have good English skills.  And at the same time, people get really annoyed when you try to point out the bad spelling/grammar, or if you're genuinely confused by what you read, they thiink you're making fun of them or something.

Nightfox
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