It has gotten MUCH worse since word processors and “spell check” (LOL).
In the ‘80s, I didn’t see errors in “the media” - papers, mags, anything.
After the boom of PCs and spell check, it seems editors were laid off and no one really checked anything. Since the ‘90s I’ve regularly cringed at the “writing” in those same publications.
Never mind the hastiness exhibited in on-line articles.
Not to mention misspellings in books. Drives me crazy.
That’s a good point about misspellings in news today (including on TV news); I didn’t connect it to spell check, but rather staffers who simply didn’t read for recreation (and thus were exposed to far fewer words than people years ago). In screening potential hires, employers should just ask them to write a paragraph (about anything). It was eye-opening for me to realize people who spoke poor English spell the same way; I had assumed it was just laziness. It seems some departments have a “scribe” - the employee who has the ability to write letters, emails, etc. properly.
You’d be shocked at how many people today don’t have a single book in their homes.
In the ‘80s, I didn’t see errors in “the media” - papers, mags, anything.
Good point... I made it a habit (starting back in the ‘80s) to allow the marking of misspells, but I correct it myself instead of allowing for auto-correct or right click correct.
I am glad I started, and have kept, that habit.
Proper English is clearly racist.
Eric Holder - “the rules of grammar are only a convention. Non-discrimination is the law. There should be no question in our minds over which takes precedence. Besides, grammar evolves through usage. Who’s to say what will be considered appropriate in the future?