Re: grammar

[jwerchan@lima.ohio-state.edu (James E. Werchan)]

>Nick Carbone wrote,
>>Just how necessary, really, is it to be able to write well at the drop of
>>hat after all?
>
>I believe that electronic communication requires more people to write well at 
>the drop of a hat than have ever been required to in the past.  
>As dependence on electronic communication increases, the necessity to 
>produce well-written text quickly is bound to increase as well.
>IMHO
>Carolyn Kinslow
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hm.... I'm not inclined to along, at least not completely.  The intrinsic
value of the text was greater when, as an artifact, it (a.) represented more
human work, and (b.) conveyed stronger meta-messages about the power
relationships involved.  When literacy itself was the domain of powerful
elites, any document had some major mojo and had to executed 'just so'.  

If we browse some usenet groups, listservs, etc. you'll see flame wars about
respondents getting hyper-persnickety about commas and spelling and such.
They tend to cool down when they reach consensus that it just doesn't matter.  

jw
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