The experts already know this, and I suspected it, but now I’m seeing it. That is, the effect of Twitter and texting on people’s ability to communicate in writing.
I edit everything–resumes, PowerPoint presentations, college application letters, MA/PhD dissertations–you name it. I’m constantly finding that, often, even highly educated people’s spelling, grammar, and punctuation are on a junior-high level. Yet prospective employers, colleges, and PhD boards expect far better.
As a retired English teacher, I’m appalled. As a person, professionally and personally, trying to translate what people sometimes write, I’m frustrated.
Sigh…………………….