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Old May 10, 2013, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by So hopeful View Post
The question remains, whose responsibility is it to encourage an interest in correct spelling, usage and grammar when societal forces pull so strongly in favor of carelessness?
All responsibility is personal. If one wants to speak and write well, one learns spelling and grammar, checks and edits. We can learn and take an interest in whatever we like. I'm no longer a "maniac" because my being a maniac was about me and I don't need that anymore. People can be careless or disinterested all they like but not if they want me to bother reading them.

I usually don't bother reading texting from phones on here or even correctly spelled posts from phones if it isn't formatted comfortably for my reading. I check to see if a person has difficulty with English, it isn't their native language, or if they have what I consider an okay reason for not making an effort to write something that a reader such as myself can read easily.
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