"Johnson Family" wrote the following in:


I am quite upset - hurt at the way a few spelling mistakes -
mistakes that must occure many hundreds of thousands of times in
newsgroup posts, have been taken as proof that students are not
what they used to be, or that teaching standards have dropped.

I didn't notice spelling mistakes until they were pointed out, and I am
someone who normally does notice such things. I do think you've been
treated a bit unfairly about this. Good luck with your research.

As far as punctuation and grammar is concerned, I agree that it isn't
taught well. This isn't because the standard of teaching has fallen but
because teachers are no longer instructed to teach it. I regret that
because I feel it is something I've missed out on and I often find
myself wondering what's correct because I've never been taught. It's
frustrating trying to get these things right without really knowing the
rules of the language I speak.

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