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Originally Posted by Sinkmore
No one can spell for **** anymore
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Or compose a constructive sentence without swearing.
As to the rest, I'm well known as the forum's leading Grammar Nazi, so I've obviously commented many times on the lack of education among people who consider themselves qualified to discuss things in writing. Spelling doesn't bother me, because everyone makes mistakes. Mangling the language through bad usage, on the other hand, drives me crazy.
Geography? I used to pull my hair and grind my teeth at the number of people who couldn't find Vietnam on a map when we were fighting a major war there, but I have to admit that while I can identify general areas I can't pinpoint Iraq or Iran. Ukraine? Maybe on a good day.
Part of it is that young people don't usually care about anything outside their own current interests. I thought it was funny when several years ago I read an article on black people my age who were complaining because their own kids neither knew nor cared who Martin Luther King, Jr was. What goes around comes around.