For all the wonders

of "Spell Check" and Microsoft Word underlining (some) of your errors, we can't ignore the need to learn grammar.

A small part of me dies each time I see "in it's home," "your pretty," "over they're," excessive comma splices, and semi-colons strew at random to create an "intellectual" effect. (Affect?) I'll have to jump on the bandwagon here and say that AIM certainly does not improve these errors. However, instant messenging gets people to read, write, and interact. For these reasons, I will not point to AIM as the downfall of grammar. The medium simply allows any sort of writing to pass through. Frankly, students should know, somewhere deep inside, that writing "lol" or "btw" in an academic paper is not acceptable.

I become especially concerned when people who wish to be English teachers or editors consistently make errors in their online postings. Do they proofread? Do they just...not know? Just before, I skimmed through NeoVox and noticed numerous grammatical errors. I can't bring myself to read The Dragon Chronicle.

I apologize for any errors which may appear in this post. I am not the Know-All of Grammar. But poor grammar distracts from clarity, regardless if the writing piece is printed on paper or published online. Writing can be bolstered by computers. But it begins in the mind.