Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Our rule of thumb at San Diego State was that, after three spelling or grammatical errors, a writing assignment would be turned back to the student for more work. That only happened to me once, on my first paper. I spelled primitive as "primative" three times and it came back to me. I tried the very same strategy when I started teaching a Dillard University in the early 1980's. I didn't make it past sentence #3 in any paper in the class. So much for that rule of thumb. Several years later, spell checkers were readily available, followed by grammar checkers. No, the students didn't use them. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jon Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 5:05 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] declining quality of writing I started college in Chicago at the end of the 60's. At that time if you attended any of the Universities (Chicago, Loyola, DePaul, Roosevelt, Northwestern) it was mandatory that you be able to express yourself clearly, through writing. If, on the other hand you attended one of the City's Jr. Colleges, the only requirement for passing was to show up. It was impossible to fail. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information