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Has anyone else noticed the erosion of literacy in today's magazines?
Two recent examples:
1. The January Sound&Vision is reviewing a new $8000 integrated from Yamaha.
The first sentence asks: "Are you drooling over those massive UV meters?"
(Don't they mean VU meters?)
2. Another review (can't remember the source) describes some speakers as
"immanently listenable". I think they meant "eminently listenable".
Cowabunga!
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Showing 1 response by rlwainwright

The abysmally low level of discourse on the internet, newspapers, and such can be laid squarely upon the doorstep of the American educational system. Kids are no longer required to diagram sentences, use proper grammar and punctuation, and spell check has made even cursory spelling acuity a thing of the past. Hell, they don't even have to know how to hold pen in hand, keyboards rule the day.

Nowadaze (yes, I know, I'm using it for effect), it's all about how the little darlings feel and letting their souls speak to us. After all, when every kid now gets a trophy for simply showing up to the soccer game, how can one expect them to honor real work and achievement?

And I believe this all got started when every other automobile, SUV, etc. on the road sported a "Baby on board" placard.

The horror, the horror...

-RW-