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Topic subjectRE: Increase your vocabulary
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33482, RE: Increase your vocabulary
Posted by oldgit, Tue May-20-03 12:55 AM
Hi, I'm with Shelly ( I'm nearly as old as he is).......Our language is being murdered!! What happened to I before E except after C ???
What about Apostrophes, Many people these days, when they write a word ending in S, add an apostrophe to all of them because they don't understand the possessive!!! I could go on all night!
I know language is dynamic and things will change - witness our own hobby and the number of new words and styles of expression it has spawned. All well and good, bit there's no excuse for sloppy spelling and grammar...........I think that the education system is failing many of our young people.
Sorry to rabbit on but I feel very strongly about this.
Sincerely,
Richard.
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