WHY PROOFREADING IS SEXY
Excellent article for those of us who love the power and magic of words…Julia Bohanna focuses on English, but I think her points apply to any language…so thank you Julia, and Chris Graham (for being a conduit to this piece).
Originally posted on the inflectionist:
WHY PROOFREADING IS SEXY
DEPENDING ON YOUR (BUT NOT YOU’RE) PERSPECTIVE
By Julia Bohanna: Columnist
We appear to be an increasingly illiterate nation, if all the poor spelling outside many businesses is an accurate representation of our lack of respect for language. What on earth does ‘Todays Special’s’ mean on a chalk board anyway? How many times must I see a list that mentions ‘Carrot’s’? I am waiting to see what these carrots possess – what they will bring to the party other than orangeness, crunch and mystic whiskeriness at their tips? Apostrophe abuse is alive and on every street, in every shop window. Even in schools, including letters that come home to parents.
I hasten to add that I am not intent on belittling people who have genuine dyslexia. Or people for whom English is not their first language. Or even those with catastrophic brain…
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