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OK I admit it appalling spelling and incomprehensible grammar does make me cringe. As a poor speller I grew up using a dictionary, these days, of course, it’s all on-line.


Do schools still teach children how to use a printed dictionary or do they only use the online versions. Sometimes I think they don’t teach anything, I guess some people are OK with that, I think standards are important.


The odd typo, or misuse of an apostrophe, doesn’t bother me (although I know people who grieve the loss of apostrophe standards) but total mangling of language goes a bit far.


This week on TV they were discussing the lack of basic writing skills in schools today, some schools are now going to allow keyboards for exams. I think keyboards skills are very important but we still need to be able to use a pen.