Aucf-cs.459 net.general utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!ucf-cs!goldfarb Mon Mar 8 13:17:40 1982 grammar Why is it that we computer people abuse the English language so miserably? Daily, I observe atrocious grammmar and perverse spelling not only in work by students, but also in commercial documents, in memos from my superiors, and in submissions to this network. Where does the fault lie? I can only hope that the situation improves before it gets worse. Am I the last of the die-hard traditionalists or are there others who have similar strong feelings? Ben Goldfarb ..duke!ucf-cs!goldfarb ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.