“We need exercises in spelling, grammar, style, ...”
My pet peeve: Typed communication without any capitalization. Amazingly lazy, and rude to the recipient. I have a cousin, and also a friend, who sent emails that way and I quit responding — mainly because I refused to muddle through the lower-case mess and even read the messages. Finally, when they asked why I never replied, I told them. They’ve re-discovered the “shift” key.
My daughters were shocked when I blocked their phones’ text messaging function. I had repeatedly asked that they communicate with me by using complete sentences and correct spelling. They soon realized I was serious.
Bravo