RE: techwr-l digest: September 19, 2002

[karen_otto -at- agilent -dot- com]

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Subject: Re: "Grammar Stinks."
From: kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:02:39 -0600
X-Message-Number: 63

>I doubt that you'll be able to get a kid genuinely interested in reading
>about grammar, any more than you'd be able to find a video about flossing
>that he'd really get into. <snip>
>

I respectfully beg to differ. My child took an avid interest in German grammar after we read Mark Twain's essay on the topic. http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html

It meant something to her to understand that other people (even adults - Gasp!) were struggling.


>To me the biggest grammatical road hazard kids face is AOL Instant
>Messenger. Like most teens, my daughter and her friends adopt the
>universal shorthand of the net, where capitalization, punctuation, and
>spelling all go by the wayside.
>
>its enuf 2 drive u 2 drink

We only have to wait a couple of years before we see the influence that this shorthand will have on the English language. I believe it will dramatically alter the grammar. It will be the greatest grammatical road hazard WE face, not the kids.

karen otto
karen_otto -at- agilent -dot- com

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>-Keith Cronin
>who will NEVER misuse "hopefully," even in a sig line


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