Peter Jones

Do spelling and grammar still matter?

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Some universities have announced that spelling and grammar (i.e. morphology and syntax) are not all that important, but quality of thought is. Up to a point, Lord Copper.

Ancient Greeks were fascinated by language and invented much of the terminology in which we still talk about it.

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