Robin May wrote:
"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.

Having re-read the thread and Robert's website, I agree that we have
been over-harsh. It was unfortunate that there was a spelling mistake in
the first line of his initial post, as this led me to think that here
was another example of the lack of attention to spelling and grammar in
our schools. In fact, Robert's posts and his website display good
fluency with the English language, and the odd typo should not trouble
us so much. Well done, Robert, for your impassioned defence!

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Richard J.
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