[Leica] RE: While it is happening (B. D. Colen)writing goingdwnhll

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Hi, George - I make no claim to being a literary critic, so I'm not 
commenting upon the quality of quality writing. Certainly there are any 
number of fabulous writers working today. But "serious" writers have always 
been a tiny minority even of those who work with the written word. 

I'm also not even referring to the ratio of poor writing to serious and fine 
writing. What I was initially pointing out is the marked decline in the 
quality of what I'll call 'functional writing,' that is, general written 
communication between individuals; business writing; the ability of the 
average, high school or college grad to express themselves clearly and 
reasonably cleanly in written language - as compared to the ability of 
members of the same groups to do so at mid-century.

Best

B. D.

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Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: While it is happening (B. D. Colen)writing 
goingdwnhll


B. D. Colen6/22/04

>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. Do you mean to imply that serious writers today don't write as well as 
days gone by? Or do you mean to imply that the ratio of poor writing has 
increased in relationship to serious and fine writing?

Fond regards,

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