Subj : Re: English skills
To   : Nightfox
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Oct 19 2022 11:22:48

 Ni>  Sp> I don't know they were a lot smarter... but I'm specificially looking
 Ni>  Sp> english skills rather than IQ.. If I had to hazzard it with no real d
 Ni>  Sp> english reading and comprehension has been in decline since the mid t
 Ni>  Sp> late 70s and its more recently fallen off a precipice...
 Ni> 
 Ni> It seems that way to me too.  In recent years, I feel like I've been
 Ni> seeing more and more spelling and grammar mistakes in writing, and even
 Ni> sometimes in printed material (magazines, signs, etc.).  It's like they
 Ni> don't have anyone proofread it, or those checking the work just don't
 Ni> have good English skills.  And at the same time, people get really
 Ni> annoyed when you try to point out the bad spelling/grammar, or if you're
 Ni> genuinely confused by what you read, they thiink you're making fun of
 Ni> them or something.
 Ni> 


I see such errors in news articles, of all places.  Another growing error is misuse of words.  Sometimes accidentally, sometimes deliberately.  For example, people using "literally" for emphasis, using "challenge" in place of problem, overusing "apparently", "actually".

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