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February 1, 2012

Correct spelling will always count

Anne Trubek, an associate professor at Oberlin College, has written an article for Wired saying we shouldn’t be bothered about correct spelling. She gives a raft of reasons, all of which are lame — mainly to do with the age of the Internet, blah, blah.

Sheesh. Correct spelling creates a level of trust between a writer and readers. If a writer can’t take the time to look a word up in the dictionary, why should we trust the actual content?

Link: Proper Spelling? Its Tyme to Let Luce!