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re: My English skills have gone from bad to terrible
Posted on 9/28/17 at 5:48 pm to Hammertime
Posted on 9/28/17 at 5:48 pm to Hammertime
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My mind is blown every time I read something a college student writes. I don't know what's going on, but grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, paper format, etc. are all complete garbage from 98% of students. I sometimes wonder how they made it past high school with such poor writing skills
Kids are texting/snap-chatting before they learn all the mechanics of writing. They're getting more "wrong" practice vs. older generations who didn't spend their free time forming sentences, and it's difficult to undo.
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Posted on 9/28/17 at 5:51 pm to iamAG
I have become very careless in my old age. I frequently type "their" for "there" and "here" for "hear" and I don't know why. I am also find myself leaving prepositions out of sentences when I type for some reason.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 6:27 pm to ILikeLSUToo
It drives me nuts when I see blatant errors. I feel like a grammar Nazi.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 6:54 pm to iamAG
So which is it; bad writing or bad typing? There is a difference.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 6:58 pm to Chad504boy
quote:
i no right
It’s - eye no write.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 6:59 pm to SlapahoeTribe
I saw someone say "it's bazaar" instead of "it's bizarre" in an MBA level class.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 7:58 pm to iamAG
quote:you might not be a genius, but obviously you aren't stupid.
: I'm stupid
Posted on 9/28/17 at 8:17 pm to iamAG
You wood right gooder sentences if you red moar
Posted on 9/28/17 at 9:29 pm to iamAG
English skills are learned and rooted in high school.
The fact that you did decent in college means you didn’t have a good foundation going in.
I can still crap out a A+ paper and it’s been 15 years since I finished college.
The fact that you did decent in college means you didn’t have a good foundation going in.
I can still crap out a A+ paper and it’s been 15 years since I finished college.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 9:30 pm to iamAG
sounds like early onset dementia
Posted on 9/28/17 at 9:59 pm to iamAG
My English skills have actually gotten much better with age. Online spelling and grammar is another story. Internet shorthand.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 11:01 pm to iamAG
Rolling Stones
"What a drag it is, getting old".
"What a drag it is, getting old".
Posted on 9/28/17 at 11:06 pm to Evil Little Thing
quote:
I rarely write anything.
Me too. The mindless typing proves many grammatical errors. Automatic spell check on my email solves this problem for me.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 11:07 pm to link
quote:
e noticed my spelling is steadily getting worse b/c of all the predictive text and red underlining doing the work for me now
I was talking about this earlier with someone. I used to be fantastic at spelling but not so much anymore. I couldn’t spell “unconscious” to save my life earlier.
Posted on 9/28/17 at 11:50 pm to iamAG
Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:21 am to iamAG
My new thesaurus is terrible. And not only that, it’s also terrible!
Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:22 am to iamAG
How bad? Bad? or LeBron bad?
Posted on 9/29/17 at 7:32 am to iamAG
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I have always blamed my Hispanic father for trying to force me to learn two languages as a toddler.
For someone currently learning and practicing a second language, I envy that you had this as an option. Italian has so many damn verbs that mean pretty much the same thing and tons of verbs require a preposition to precede it or follow the verb.
Posted on 9/29/17 at 7:33 am to iamAG
OP I feel you! I deal with numbers and computer syntax all day.
frick speaking Engrish correktly.
shite.
frick speaking Engrish correktly.
shite.
Posted on 9/29/17 at 7:43 am to iamAG
Apparently, your skills are not as bad as they could be or you would have typed, "My skills have went from bad to terrible."
I employ a few girls from rural areas to do some administrative work and they always use the word went in place of gone. It drives one of the older men in our group nuts.
I employ a few girls from rural areas to do some administrative work and they always use the word went in place of gone. It drives one of the older men in our group nuts.
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