tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post113440179643912876..comments2023-09-15T09:56:16.253-03:00Comments on Composing: Composinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739889615635395138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post-1134417479643812812005-12-12T17:57:00.000-02:002005-12-12T17:57:00.000-02:00Spelling and grammar--ouch never my forte. I wond...Spelling and grammar--ouch never my forte. I wonder why I can't see the errors when I look? For a brief time I was an elementary school teacher and correcting spelling tests was murder. I tried very hard, but still made mistakes.<BR/> <BR/>Scribe makes some good points. I notice that the best writing on blogs generally encourages English teachers in the comments. At first I was irritated by such comments, but now see them as a measure of respect. <BR/><BR/>My work always will contain spelling and gramatical errors, unless I have somebody else proof read it. I'm sure if an English teacher were to comment on one of my posts, I'd correct the errors in a flash.<BR/><BR/>The standards of usage do correspond to thinking reasonably. Still there are different sets of rules and some of the rules of English usage will be resistant to change for no particular reason. For example I don't think British spellings will fall away quickly or that American spellings will follow British use. On the other hand I suspect that British norms for punctuation are in the advance of the general trends in English usage across the world.John Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126222842766191343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5148972.post-1134412046297617072005-12-12T16:27:00.000-02:002005-12-12T16:27:00.000-02:00Manual Trackback...<A HREF="http://describe.blogspot.com/2005/12/language-is-all-about-whats-left.html" REL="nofollow">Manual Trackback</A>...Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757616056135886893noreply@blogger.com