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Article #2659Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?)
From: Brian Miller
Date: Wed, 03 May 1989 23:53
Date: Wed, 03 May 1989 23:53
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In article <187@intek01.UUCP> mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins) writes: > >My gut feeling is to go with Mr. Musciano on spelling, but I've run across >too many brilliant people who couldn't spell a lick to totally discount >spelling-deficient prose. A resume is another matter, though ... > Spelling rules, like all other grammatical conventions, define the language. Break them too many times and more regular folks may have a tough time absorbing the message. I'd assume that the reason some rules (of English) are so difficult to learn/remember is because they are so unnatural. If we were willing to hand our precious pile of >****< to the linguists and psycholinguists for a time, I'm sure that they'd return a more naturally regulated language. Why study and compare all sorts of existing and dead lang's and pursue linguistics if one cannot apply one's conclusions for the better? (A challenge to linguists, folks.)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!uwvax!puff!cat59!brian From: brian@cat59.CS.WISC.EDU (Brian Miller) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.cog-eng,sci.psychology Subject: Re: Spelling and Perceptual Mode (was: Effects of poor writing?) Message-ID: <2670@puff.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 3 May 89 23:53:17 GMT References: <39131@bbn.COM> <1982@trantor.harris-atd.com> <187@intek01.UUCP> Sender: news@puff.cs.wisc.edu Reply-To: brian@cat59.CS.WISC.EDU (Brian Miller) Distribution: na Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 15