Comment on Am I going crazy, or has people's spelling gotten awful lately?

• XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Lessons are forgotten fast. Ask an adult to do 3 digit multiplication and watch them fumble. Ask about geometry and they’ll ask Google for a calculator. I don’t remember how to do projectile physics. All the same for English. If all a person does is speak the language while writing very simple messages (in comparison to English essays), the memory of complex synthesis is lost fast. If they’re not continuing to do those tasks in life, it’s gone.

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  • annette_runner@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I agree. My experience doesn’t really align with the idea that ESL learners are better spellers. English is a conventional language, so it’s not like there is a dictated spelling. Spelling is just a convention.

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