What’s the Buzz about?

It’s been a few days since the launch of Google’s Buzz. The buzz about Buzz is that it’s nothing new. FriendFeed has been doing the same function on Facebook for a while. And doing it well from what I understand. I think the difference lies in Google’s extraordinary reach. Who doesn’t already email through Google, [...]

Social media on trial for killing the English language – Part Two

Finally. It would seem that I’m not alone with my frustration with the current downfall of the English language. This article, Students failing because of Twitter, texting and no grammar teaching, and this article, Student Grammar Failure: capability or context, all support my views from my previous post. How timely.

English grammar now being replaced by recess

I remember when I was in grade nine, someone made the decision that they would stop teaching grammar in high school. I wonder if they thought this through. I see bad grammar all the time. (See my post, Social media on trial for killing the English language.) My next question is what did they replace [...]