Having just spent a wee while spell checking all my blog entries and editing them hopefully to gain a few extra marks,I ventured into the world of blogging and had a peep at some others on site.
Remembering that I come from the days when in order to get a pass at the most basic level in an English exam one had to have 1.proper spelling
2.proper grammar
3.proper punctuation
My question therefore is,if it is acceptable to use slang, colloquialisms,and "text speak" why
then am I slaving over presenting my staid and old fashioned (purely in the literal sense)efforts.
Is the use of swear words and vulgar words now the norm instead of the exception?
Don't get me,as a writer of sorts I believe in the power of the written word and the freedom to write as one thinks,but under these so called exam conditions where does the person correcting them set their boundaries?
May I just add as an aside I was actually quite shocked that some students would even dream of posting some of the examples I peeped at knowing that they were going to be marked on presentation.
If on the other hand the tutor is looking for a realistic verbal reflection on what is actually happening in the blogger's life then disregard what I have just written,but please clarify for the sake of my old shaky trembling hands and my mangled brain just what is the primary purpose of this exercise.
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