I wasn't in any way trying to discourage people. I was pointing out how sad and upsetting it is that people care nothing for the written language anymore. I apologize for singling you out to rant at. I am not trying to put anyone down. I am trying understand this decline.
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"School is shortened, discipline relaxed, philosophies, histories, languages dropped, English and spelling gradually gradually neglected, finally almost completely ignored. Life is immediate, the job counts, pleasure lies all about after work. Why learn anything save pressing buttons, pulling switches, fitting nuts and bolts?" Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451 p 55-56
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