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Old 04-14-2014, 01:14 AM   #101 (permalink)
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I'm not trying to romanticise the past but in twenty-odd years I have seen such a slide in the standards of both spelling and grammar, as well as a shocking lack of historical knowledge or even interest, adn you can't tell me that it's just coincidence that the rise of Facebook, Twitter et al has been happening at the same time?
Another thing besides grammar and spelling (and the tendency of using catch phrases, acronyms, memes and gifs) Penmanship is also in declined.
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