The April Blogging from A to Z Challenge continues!
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G is for GRAMMAR
I’m not a grammar Nazi, but I definitely appreciate the proper use of common words.
In this age of texting, posting, and tweeting, many people have fallen into the habit of using poor speech – typing as casually as they would yell to someone in the next room.
I typically overlook mistakes in informal conversations online, but bad grammar and misspelled words are appearing in advertising, news reports, headlines, and billboards. Far from reflecting a laid-back approach to literature, it’s looking like a good education has escaped the people who call themselves professionals.
One local restaurant had a sign advertising their new tilapia dish. It took six weeks and 3 separate attempts before the sign finally had the correct spelling of tilapia. (Frankly, I lost my confidence in their ability to cook what they couldn’t spell.)
I had hoped that with the entire world wide web at everyone’s fingertips that the written word would improve. Surely, there is app for THAT?
What do you think? Is grammar a big deal or not? Do you judge a person by their writing presence?
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Karen B. Nelson 
It makes me crazy to see grammar and spelling mistakes. One local private school had a misspelled word on its sign, which instantly made me wonder what they were teaching the students inside. I just finished helping teach a group of 7th and 8th graders how to write a research paper. It made me sad that we had to explicitly tell them not to use texting language in their paper.
It is indeed irritating watching the media (print, digital) falling prey to even basic mistakes, shattering the entire belief. Very well written post.
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