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Sigh. Elitism and witch hunts are boring, don't you think?
by palish 17y ago
Sigh. Elitism and witch hunts are boring, don't you think?
- jrockway 17y agoElitism is not the issue. The reality is how most people respond to things without thinking. They see bad writing, they think negatively of the author. (If they see good writing, they think positively.) You can use their response to your advantage, or you can be "non-elitist" and have your writing ignored. I am not trying to be an advocate for either side, I am just explaining the facts.
- mhb 17y agoSo is the anti-intellectual retort that technically correct writing doesn't matter since people can manage to make sense of variously tortured constructions. People can figure out many aesthetically brain-dead web pages too, but I don't see a lot of critical comments of the critics of those counseling forebearance since the website can be used no matter how difficult it is. At the very least, correct grammar reduces the friction of transmitting your ideas to other people.
- dhimes 17y agoHe's a damn TUTOR! Most people get by knowing little math, but if you paid me money to teach it to your child, you would be foolish to overlook evidence that I didn't know it myself.