Saturday, September 13, 2008

Extra Credit Opportunity: Changing the Rules of Spelling and Grammar

Click on the title of this post to read an opinion piece about the changing and evolving world of spelling and grammar rules. You may also cut and paste the site from below:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/mick_hume/article4709620.ece

What do you think? 10 points extra credit for a well thought-out opinion of 5 sentences on this topic posted to the COMMENTS section...

2 comments:

  1. I think they should leave the rules of spelling and grammer the same.If changes do occur it should happen over time not instantly.Are literacy has been built over centurys I believe it is the small steps that modify it existence

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  2. i think that changing the rules is not a good idea. if you take out all the rules, there will be no order in our language. when the article suggested to take out the apostrophes and make "there" into just one word i was outraged. the difference in spelling helps you understand the different meanings of the words. if teachers where to stop teaching the differences i don't believe that the next generation will be as intelligent.

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