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Truthfully, how many ABers don't know the difference between:-
1) There, their and they're?
2) Were, wear and where?
3) Your and you're?
4) Our and are?
I can't believe my son has an A in GCSE and 1) can't spell very well - 2) doesn't know the difference between most of these.........
1) There, their and they're?
2) Were, wear and where?
3) Your and you're?
4) Our and are?
I can't believe my son has an A in GCSE and 1) can't spell very well - 2) doesn't know the difference between most of these.........
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tictactoe - last year when i was a school secretary i got into trouble for using 'seperate' instead of 'separate' and was told there aren't 2 ways of spellings it!! I bl00dy knew i was right.....and that was the head's PA.....
PS for anyone who's (who is - not whose) interested - i'm married to a teacher, and he can't spell.......!) Lol
PS for anyone who's (who is - not whose) interested - i'm married to a teacher, and he can't spell.......!) Lol
I guess the other thing that exacerbates the problem of children's grammar and spellings is the fact that they no longer read (in general) as much as children used to, or were expected to by their teachers.
Even if children/young people read articles on the Internet, they are not necessarily correct in their spelling or punctuation or even syntax for that matter. The birth of the world wide wonder net has also given rise to the de-standardisation of English. Reading for content, not for accuracy.
It is a sad day to me.
However, I did also hear on Radio 4 several months ago that spelling (not punctuation as that does follow rules) is a skill you either are born with or not. Spelling does not equate to teaching or ability, but rather to whether you can or can't. I am a poor speller in my opinion, but I try to look words up if I'm not sure of their spellings. However, there really isn't any excuse for using the incorrect word or punctuating poorly.
It all comes down to sloppy speech (as has already been said) and a move away from reading.
I think it is true that the Sun Newspaper has an average reading age of 7 meaning that on average, there won't be any words in the Sun which a 7 year old couldn't read. Says it all for our Nation really, doesn't it.
Even if children/young people read articles on the Internet, they are not necessarily correct in their spelling or punctuation or even syntax for that matter. The birth of the world wide wonder net has also given rise to the de-standardisation of English. Reading for content, not for accuracy.
It is a sad day to me.
However, I did also hear on Radio 4 several months ago that spelling (not punctuation as that does follow rules) is a skill you either are born with or not. Spelling does not equate to teaching or ability, but rather to whether you can or can't. I am a poor speller in my opinion, but I try to look words up if I'm not sure of their spellings. However, there really isn't any excuse for using the incorrect word or punctuating poorly.
It all comes down to sloppy speech (as has already been said) and a move away from reading.
I think it is true that the Sun Newspaper has an average reading age of 7 meaning that on average, there won't be any words in the Sun which a 7 year old couldn't read. Says it all for our Nation really, doesn't it.
ah - suzy - soz read that one AFTer posting back to foxlee.....perhaps you're right and altho i haven't (yet) looked it up, i thought one was a verb and the other a..........a............a something entirely different!!!
Doh - on my own thread too....how embarrassing......tch tch....mumble mumble.......... ;0P lol
Doh - on my own thread too....how embarrassing......tch tch....mumble mumble.......... ;0P lol
