Use Your Own Language Analysis

Many people are unaware of all of the software used behind the autocorrect feature, as it draws information from Apple, Google, and even Microsoft databases. Gleick made the important point that “All their algorithms start with the low-hanging fruit. They know what to do when you type “hte.” After that, their goals vary, and so do their capabilities” (Gleick 10). Do we really want our students to use software in classrooms that basically guesses how a world should be spelt? Students should be challenged to learn, by correctly looking up on a dictionary on how it should be spelt, rather than always relying on technology to do this for

How often do we as employees consider our use or misuse of grammar, spelling and punctuation in the workplace? Proper usage of grammar, spelling, and punctuation results in the use of Standard English. Standard English is known as the correct form of the English language. Is our misuse of Standard English in our workplace reflecting negatively upon us? Brad Hoover, the CEO of Grammarly, says, “Companies looking to hire top talent should consider grammar as one predictor of a candidate’s aptitude and success.” (Hoover). Many people may find the use of non-standard grammar trivial however, this is not the case in a professional atmosphere. Non-Standard English in the workplace provides no benefit to either the employee or employer and has only negative consequences. The use of non-standard English in the workplace will negatively affect our communication, image, chance for promotions and even our pay in the workplace.

Not So Fast,” Andrea Lunsford argues that rather than leading to a new illiteracy, the digital technologies in the modern world help students to develop their ability of writing. Not only that students are daferrors than 25 years ago, actually with less spelling errors. In order to help students with the challenges, the teacher should offer solid instructions and encouragement rather than derision.

The main purpose in the correct use of grammar, punctuation and spelling is ensuring the receiver of the information reads it accurately. Addition to this when given a task to do, your employer expects you to do it perfectly. When a document has inaccuracies, readers tend to distrust everything, including the statistics, opinions, and facts. This would be relayed back to my employer who would themselves lose confidence in our ability. For progression in my company I need to ensure I carry out all tasks to a certain standard.

Students aren’t making nearly as many spelling mistakes due to spellcheck but are now using the wrong word or preposition in their writing. Stanford researcher Andrea Lunsford creates an interesting point when she asks if students are losing the taste for more complex English. This is something we don’t want to lose the ability to do.

The article “English Only” Laws divide and Demean by Warren Blumenfeld states the author’s view against enacting a law making English the official language of the federal government. Mr. Blumenfeld’s premise in "English Only" is that the law is unnecessary and divisive in the United States. He is seeking a call to action in his home state of Iowa against the “English -only” law because he believes that it will negatively impact the beliefs that our nation is founded upon, rather than celebrate and promote our uniqueness as a nation of people from different cultures seeking the freedom to be individuals. He is an opponent of this law since he believes it has the potential to create prejudice and discrimination toward our citizens because

Growing up we’re told repeatedly that, “grammar is important, and you will need it in college.” As I sit in these lectures, however, I see that claim hasn’t fazed anybody. I sit in an English class expecting to read these great, well put together papers, and I get the same writing level I saw my senior year in high school. I should expect this, I mean, no kid is going to magically learn the rules of writing over the summer. I didn’t. It took nine grueling months of an English class that, quite frankly, was hell on earth to learn most of them. The class was the toughest class I have ever sat through, and yet, I’m blessed. I’m in my second semester as a college student, and Sandra Stebbin’s English class has saved me more times than I care to count. It’s time for the United States education system to start taking grammar seriously. This is a huge concern, because our future leaders can’t afford to have writing skills equivalent to a 7th grade middle school kid.

People don’t know how to spell anymore! This skill is becoming rarer in America. “The Country’s Going Through A Rough Spell” by Bob Greene, is about how more and more Americans don’t know how to spell correctly. People don’t think they need to know how to do it, or that it is too hard to bother with. Bob Greene is dismayed by how many people don't know how to spell. Every letter he reads has some misspelling. Letters from students, businessmen, executives, secretaries and even teachers have misspellings. Furthermore, people are too lazy to look up the word they don't know how to spell. It’s a simple step to take, but people aren’t taking it. That’s the saddest part about the Americans’ disability to spell. Misspelling words shows a lack of

Errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation can leave a negative impression on your reader. You are the one who decides whether that impression will be positive or negative.

The word ain’t is one of the most commonly-overlooked mistake in the English dictionary. It is used very often in TV, books, movies, media, and music, so we shouldn’t be surprised it is now in our real life. Even though our English teachers and grammar books label the word ain’t as incorrect the use of the word has not been banished just yet.

Overall, the author discusses different reasons why English spelling is the way it is and demonstrates that English is not catastrophic.

Matthew Wilder, the singer in the hit song “Break My Stride”, was never popular until his album “I Don’t Speak the Language” came out. It was released in 1983 on Private-1 and Epic. It was notable for “Break My Stride”. He sings the genres alternative/rock. He also lent his singing voice to Disney for their movie Mulan. His album “I Don’t Speak the Language” featured vocals, the synthesizer, and the guitar. Matthew Wilder was born on January 24, 1953, and he lived in NYC.

Researchers, such as Corder (1967) define the word ‘error’ when people do not follow grammatical rules or structures. At the basis of the accuracy-fluency controversy is the question of error. Once thought to be deviant behavior, error is now seen as a neutral phenomenon in learning of all kinds; learning to ice skate, to type, to analyze literature, to speak a first or second language. Of course, errors in written language can be due to intonation, memory lapse, or indifference and in an in-class writing situation, NES (Native English Speaker) as well as EFL (English as a First Language) students will make hasty performances errors. Generally, EFL errors are neither random, nor sporadic or deviant, instead they are systematic, regular and

Pity the oblivious Hamid, who sent a beautifully worded email to the Dean of his college signed: “Best Retards, Ham.” Hamid lives in the new world of smartphone autocorrection, where innocuous messages can morph into embarrassing blunders, and the ancient practice of proofreading has long since been forgotten. Unfortunately I, like Hamid, have been seduced by autocorrect’s promise of providing error-free writing without the bother of proofreading. However, Hamid’s cringe-worthy oversight forced me to reevaluate my relationship with autocorrect and similar word processing programs. I have come to realize that when I am texting, tweeting, or using the Internet I typically do not take the time to proofread my writing before hitting the “send”

This article really gives you the gist of common misused words that many individuals like myself might’ve struggle throughout the past, or ever now. I believe that this article really tells you that no one is perfect because most people all around the world at least once in their lifetime have made a mistake, inputting an incorrect word without even noticing. This is all about learning and adapting to these words as we use them on a daily basis. Some words just sound so similar that anyone can get confused and misuse them in any writing assignment. A problem that we have now is our technology, we all rely on our technology and many of us don’t revise our assignment because we think that the computer spell check won’t catch these errors! Just