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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A spell of bother

A spell of bother

Bad spelling 'should be accepted'

Common spelling mistakes should be accepted into everyday use, not corrected, a lecturer has said.

On the other hand...

'Illiterate' worker angers judge

An angry judge has branded a prosecution worker an "illiterate idiot" after spotting several spelling mistakes in an indictment.

3 comments:

James Higham said...

I'm a stickler on this issue, I'm afraid, John.

Anonymous said...

John,

Another example of 'excuses for Government's failure'. I am 60 and we were 'streamed' at school; the most disadvantaged could read and write the Queen's English. "Chalk, talk and streaming" worked.

Teachers are drowning in Government 'paperwork'; the losers are the children. SATS create unnecessary pressure, the tests being placed in the shambolic hands of an American company - complete waste of taxpayers money.

CherryPie said...

I am with James on this!