I have noticed that a lot of people never passed 10th grade English
@hopeandgrace427 (173)
United States
January 17, 2007 7:49am CST
I am not always perfect when I write, but I try. While reading the posts and other posts on other forums, there a lot of people that just do not know how to write the English language. Either the words are mispelled, or used in the wrong tense, the wrong word is used because is it a homonym, or the puncuation is totally absent or used in the wrong spot. My daughter writes better and she is in the fourth grade.
I think the difference is the people that do use the correct grammer and spelling are the ones that a) went to college or b) really liked English in highschool. A lot of people I guess just don't care enough to learn and do it the right way. I think is shows a great demostration of how our schools are totally lacking compared to other countries. A lot of other people in other counries know our language better than some people. Kids start learning how to write and use English in first grade and, in the 11 years they have of education, still can't figure it out. It is just awful.
So, what do you think? Do you agree or do you think I am being too harsh?
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@trouble4u2avoid (2915)
• United States
19 Jan 07
I noticed it too, but English isn't everyone's first language and sadly I do think our English classes have went to crap in the schools. My kids are not even being taught a lot of the things I learned in school. And I don't even want to start with the no child left behind bull.
@SplitZip (1488)
• Portugal
17 Jan 07
Eh... this isn't quite right. In other countries, the same problem exists. Even educated people make mistakes. There's a show airing on TV here, they show common language mistakes and sometimes amusing photos of written signs and so on, then correct them. They also like to show people like politicians and other famous (cultured) people making mistakes. It's a good way to learn a bit more about your own mistakes.
People need to read more. That's a good way to learn spelling, punctuation, etc. And by reading, I don't mean their friends' blog posts.
Personally, in english, I have a problem with double consonants and prepositions. But since I'm not a native english speaker, I'm not too concerned about it.
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@vaibhavsawke (820)
• India
18 Jan 07
it doesn't matter untill they can make u understand what they want to say
@kaylen06 (128)
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
the major factor of that is many here don't use English as their primary language but at least they know it, maybe from school. the foundation should be vivid in a language skill if they really undergo formal training of English language but can't say whether they finish college or not.
@mysiraylon (1102)
• United States
17 Jan 07
It should depend on the country where
it is being taught, like in the United States
where English is the primary language then
it will really be awful and a great shame
to the school if their students fall short
about excelling on their native language.
