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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers in our highly-rated FCPS (elementary) routinely make errors in spelling, to say nothing of apostrophe errors. It makes me crazy.[/quote]

Ignorant and stupid people often focus on the wrong details like spelling and grammar. [/quote]

I think that calling people who insist on following the rules of the language in order to ensure clear communication "ignorant and stupid" says a lot about PP, and not in a good way.

Correct grammar and spelling make your writing much easier for others to follow.  A dear friend of mine is a research scientist and severely dyslexic.  Without spelling and grammar check his writing has a lot of mistakes.  He ALWAYS has others proofread his work, and he relies on a variety of tools to ensure that what he writes follows the rules of grammar, spelling and punctuation.  He does this to ensure that others understand what he writes (which is often quite complex).

It's like music.  My singing is off key and off tempo, but I love to sing in my car.  Should I call the people who ask me not to inflict my singing on them "ignorant and stupid?"  Should I assume that what I want to express through my off-key caterwauling is more important than their petty conventions of musical tone and tempo? Or would it maybe make more sense to accept that I don't know how to sing and that I should try to learn something about music before I try to share my singing with others?

...And then not try to make a career in singing.

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