Originally posted by gazonk As an 11 year old, I visited my family in California for several weeks, and went with my cousins to their school. I remember that I was amused that spelling was a subject of its own. But of course it makes sense! English spelling is a disaster, it's kind of weird that this inconsistent latino-germanic language with its disastrous lack of spelling rules has become the "language of the world"
Spelling is the tip of the iceberg....grammar is a lost art.
Spelling has always been in flux over the centuries ( in the 1500's Male was spelled Mayle
In the ancient past I went to a private boarding school. for my grade 13 i was back at a public school (British people please reverse public/private lol)
Being a big English fan i saw 2 English courses available so signed up for both. I dropped out of one after the first week when i realized they were teaching grammar had learned in grade 8. I lasted longer in the other but we were discussing concepts i had studied 2 years previously
spelling is a pet peeve though (they don't teach it the same now) When i read resumes during hiring blitzes a sure way to get weeded out of my pile was to have spelling errors (and grammatical ones as well - but i needed to have someone to interview
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