Originally Posted by
stitchinwitch
Unfortunately, I am guilty of several of these examples...why?? because I am getting LAZY - don't you think that we in general are losing our abilty to speak correct English. We are also forgetting manners - is that a thing of the past> We hear bad grammar so much that we slide into that mode. Do you think that all of the "texting shorthand" is a contributing cause?? Do they not teach proper English anymore in schools?
I have seen examples of teachers allowing students to "write" as they" speak" when doing reports, etc. The reason they give is that it's more important that they get the idea down on paper rather than spelling correctly. When I was in school (long ago), proper English in any subject was important. Misspelled words were deductions to your grade regardless if it was history or English!!