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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Grammar Police

The internet has proven itself to be a wonderful communication mechanism. However I am often appalled by the lack of basic language skills expressed on fora, blogs and even emails. Using acronyms to abbreviate common expressions is fine and even some of the SMS turbo shorthand makes its way onto the ´net. But when it comes to basic grammar skills I have seen too many blatant abuses of the English language. Now I´m not saying I´m well versed in any way, but I try to pay some degree of attention to the quality of English, not least because not everyone out there learns English as a first language. However the vast majority of these crimes are committed by native speakers and indicate a general disregard, indifference or even, dare I say it, lack of education. This YouTube video sums it all up quite nicely ;)

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