Saturday, April 5, 2014

Spelling Doesn't Count

As I am starting to get more and more exposed to work life and things outside of school, I find that fewer and fewer people care about spelling and grammar. For example, at work, I get these notes from people who work at hospitals about what kinds of things they need/want when doing renovations. The spelling is off - even simple words like sensor becomes "senor" and radiation becomes "radition". It's not even like a one-time thing either, they spell it wrong the same way EVERYWHERE! It makes me confused sometimes even though I think I know they mean a certain word, but if they spell it wrong consistently then it makes me wonder if that is a new word for me.

Also, people don't care about grammar anymore - it's as if grammar makes things confusing. For example, it seems like nobody wants to use the word "the" anymore; we would say, "Provide valence lighting over desk" instead of "Provide valence lighting over the desk". Nor does anyone want to use the verb "to be"; we say, "Lights to remain" instead of "Lights are to remain".

I guess it makes things more clear........ or more vague.... whatever doesn't get you into trouble..


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