The Dumbing of America:Boring Grammar Rant

[TopCatGr58]

Hey folks,

First off...relax! I'm not dissing on anybody on here. This is a very informal place, and so most of us don't really care about misspelled words or grammatical mistakes.

BUT, on the last day of my FMLA time off this week, I was perusing the stories on MSN, and was very surprised to see so many errors in professionally printed/published works on a major internet news site! Granted, several of the articles are essentially retweets...just imported articles from other sources like Reader's Digest, BangWhiz or such, but was still surprised to see them. And these are really fairly obvious errors, not some little obscure rule that nobody aside from an English major would worry about.

From NBC News by Lakshmi Gandhi
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lad...L&ocid=U142DHP

In celebration of the U.S. Mint and Treasury's 225th anniversary, the new $100 coin was unveiled on Thursday featuring Lady Liberty as an black woman.

From Readers Digest by Cheryl S. Grant
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medi...L&ocid=U142DHP

To be on the safe, side try these tips from Michigan State University Extension to cut down on double-dipping germs:

By Bang Showbiz
http://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/cele...L&ocid=U142DHP

The 18-year-old actor-and-rapper - the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith - decided to share his disappointing news in a Instagram Live video in which he began ranting about wanting to move out of the 'City of Angels' because there are too many "bad things" there.

T.C.

[bikerphil]

Yes, those proof readers should loose their job.

[rover]

murder the language

You should listen to the morning news on channel 7 out of Wausau, WI. The blond chick reads at about the 3rd grade level.

[sethhope]

You should listen to the morning news on channel 7 out of Wausau, WI. The blond chick reads at about the 3rd grade level.

I dont mean to be a jerk, but I find irony in you posting on this thread with a typo in your sig.

put something smooooth betwen your legs, XS eleven

[rover]

the dumbing------

Strange. This signature has been correct for many years. I did NOTHING to change it. Guess I better quit posting

[BA80]

You started it TC.....

[robbo]

This will set the cat amongst the pigeons

Don't forget a lot of folks in the US speak American not English

[FJ111200]

What's Aluminum? Prolly some sort of metal.

[3Phase]

What's Aluminum? Prolly some sort of metal.

It's lighter than Aluminium so it's easier to transcribe and form.

[robbo]

And there was me thinking it was just a difference in pronunciation

[3Phase]

And there was me thinking it was just a difference in pronunciation

Well, that's what happens when u loses one i.

[trbig]

I don't mind the occasional misspelling as much, but at work I get official emails from "Professionals" in text form, where it's obviously way too much effort to spell out "For" (4) "You" (U) "Let me know" (LMK) and "Of course" (ofc).... just to name a few.

[Jerry]

I occasionally misspell words; just check out my blog page! However, the level of incompetence in "professional" correspondence is increasing.

SWMBO is an English major and has to deal with this more than I. She works at a college and you should see the spelling errors in college catalogs. You would think colleges would be more particular about their printed material but errors are rampant as are incorrect use of word tense and punctuation.

"Lets eat Grandma." vs "Lets eat, Grandma." (Commas save lives.

None of this is new but the rate seems to be increasing. Standards are being lowered. Not good, IMHO.

[madmax-im]

I dont mean to be a jerk, but I find irony in you posting on this thread with a typo in your sig.

put something smooooth betwen your legs, XS eleven

its not a typo..it was done on purpose and it is an exaggeration of a word to emphasize a point...so stop being a jerk..

[motoman]

I occasionally misspell words; just check out my blog page! However, the level of incompetence in "professional" correspondence is increasing.

SWMBO is an English major and has to deal with this more than I. She works at a college and you should see the spelling errors in college catalogs. You would think colleges would be more particular about their printed material but errors are rampant as are incorrect use of word tense and punctuation.

"Lets eat Grandma." vs "Lets eat, Grandma." (Commas save lives.

None of this is new but the rate seems to be increasing. Standards are being lowered. Not good, IMHO.

Actually, instead of "Lets eat Grandma", CORRECTED should be (Let's(let us) eat Grandma".