Since we were little we were always told that we must speak proper but does that mean if we didn’t speak proper our writing skills will be poor? Since middle school we have been taught on how to write and where punctuation must go, all the way to high school. For some it’s easier then others, and for those who are lucky it just comes natural to them. I believe a good percentage of what you have been taught as a child stays with you forever, but it’s what you do on your spare time that might improve your writing without out you knowing. Such as reading, and even writing. Just reading enhances your vocabulary and enriches you and improves your writing, and of course practice makes perfect so if you continue to write, you will eventually become a good writer. Where as if some one who knows grammar better then some one else doesn’t exactly mean they will write better, yes they might know where punctuations go but that will only take you so far. Another thing is as important grammar is and something we all must know, people these days rarely speak proper and that usually portrays in their work. But since we live in a high tech world, computer can check our grammar, they basically do everything for us. So I must disagree with the author, just because there are so many things that you can use to correct your grammar, so you don’t necessarily have to know all the rules in order to write a paper.
Its a decent point, it seems that we write how we speak. I think that it definately affects how we write if we don't speak properly. Picking up good grammar is a tough task to handle, and if you don't speak or write with proper grammar from a young age it is harder and harder to pick it up throughout school.
ReplyDelete