NFrameFred
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. . . it wasn't so tragic. The following is from a story (link below) about a shooting, written (I assume) by a professional copy writer/reporter whom (I would again assume) likely has a least a college degree conferring credit for at least a minimal ability to communicate in a professional manner having mastered the basics of the English language.
"A man was arrested after he claimed to shoot his wife on accident during an investigation of a “noise in the middle of the night.”Around 1:40 a.m. on Saturday, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office officials said they received a “frantic 911 call” from a man who said he accidentally shot his wife. Upon arrival to their home on Mira Del Rio Drive, deputies detained the husband.
Deputies said they entered the residence and found his wife in the master bedroom with a gunshot wound in her shoulder. The victim was reportedly conscious and alert. She was transported to the hospital."
Article by a "Veronica Catlin"
Again - "A man was arrested after he claimed to shoot his wife on accident".
Not "by accident" . . . not "accidentally" . . . but "on accident".
Really ? Lord help us . . .
!!
We branched off into the degradation of "standards" in the recent "FASHION" thread, and I made my comments lamenting the present abandonment of standards in our society across the board, my view being that loosening standards (not "rules") always seems to invite abuse and deterioration until any standards are meaningless. Many let it be known that such was "no big deal", especially in matters of personal choice.
I ran across the blurb for this story above and was immediately struck by the crude, uneducated, grade school quality of expression that now passes for formal communication these days. The lazy man's excuse used to be "I just never could spell", but that excuse (at least in modern online writing) has been rendered all but meaningless since most every word processing/typing software these days has 'spell check', so the only excuse that fits would seem to be sloth. The prevailing attitude toward the mangling of grammar these days is "it's no big deal". Abandonment of standards. . .
The way we dress, the way we write and speak, manners, hygiene, the behaviors that we tolerate in public, the lack of consequences for the ignoring of laws we don't personally agree with, respect for authority . . . the list goes on and on. We don't uphold the standards that used to identify a civilized society.
Language defines a culture - and when we abuse language we make a rotten culture. If you don't think it's a big deal, if you think it's not that important . . . I suggest your head is in the sand and your attitude is part of the reason for the obvious decline of society. I guess we get and deserve whatever we stoop to accept . . .
"A man was arrested after he claimed to shoot his wife on accident during an investigation of a “noise in the middle of the night.”Around 1:40 a.m. on Saturday, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office officials said they received a “frantic 911 call” from a man who said he accidentally shot his wife. Upon arrival to their home on Mira Del Rio Drive, deputies detained the husband.
Deputies said they entered the residence and found his wife in the master bedroom with a gunshot wound in her shoulder. The victim was reportedly conscious and alert. She was transported to the hospital."
Article by a "Veronica Catlin"
Again - "A man was arrested after he claimed to shoot his wife on accident".
Not "by accident" . . . not "accidentally" . . . but "on accident".
Really ? Lord help us . . .
!!We branched off into the degradation of "standards" in the recent "FASHION" thread, and I made my comments lamenting the present abandonment of standards in our society across the board, my view being that loosening standards (not "rules") always seems to invite abuse and deterioration until any standards are meaningless. Many let it be known that such was "no big deal", especially in matters of personal choice.
I ran across the blurb for this story above and was immediately struck by the crude, uneducated, grade school quality of expression that now passes for formal communication these days. The lazy man's excuse used to be "I just never could spell", but that excuse (at least in modern online writing) has been rendered all but meaningless since most every word processing/typing software these days has 'spell check', so the only excuse that fits would seem to be sloth. The prevailing attitude toward the mangling of grammar these days is "it's no big deal". Abandonment of standards. . .
The way we dress, the way we write and speak, manners, hygiene, the behaviors that we tolerate in public, the lack of consequences for the ignoring of laws we don't personally agree with, respect for authority . . . the list goes on and on. We don't uphold the standards that used to identify a civilized society.
Language defines a culture - and when we abuse language we make a rotten culture. If you don't think it's a big deal, if you think it's not that important . . . I suggest your head is in the sand and your attitude is part of the reason for the obvious decline of society. I guess we get and deserve whatever we stoop to accept . . .
