Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That makes sense. If one is paying attention to what one writes - as you obviously are - the move from typewriter/pen to the computer makes correction far easier, and therefore far more likely to occur. On the other hand, the proliferation of Emails as a means of written communication has lead to the development of various writing shortcuts, including the dropping of capitalization, use of abbreviations, us of symbols, i.e. :-), and other devices. As Buzz said, take a look at the LUG archives if you think that writing has improved over all. Couple the electronic decline with the decline in the quality of writing in high schools and colleges, and the picture becomes quite scary. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Herr Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:44 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: While it is happening (B. D. Colen)writing goingdwnhll > > Now, as to the proliferation of writing tools improving writing...I > think just the opposite may be true. While Email is probably causing > more people to communicate in writing, the quality of writing today > has markedly deteriorated over that of a few decades ago, and appears > to be going nowhere but downhill. > The quality of MY writing has improved by many orders of magnitude. Before e-mail, before word processing, there was either pen and paper or the typewritier. I made such a mess of both that I gave up in frustration. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information