Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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cassie

Member Since

June 24, 2012

Total number of comments

1

Total number of votes received

2

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Substantial vs. substantive

  • June 24, 2012, 1:36am

The importance of teaching grammar and spelling in schools has been overtaken by the need to incorporate the ever emerging new subjects appearing on our curriculae. Thus together with world wide online interconnectivity fostering new meaning for words, based on their repeated, inaccurate, uncensored usage, is sadly contributing to a degradation of the English language as we know it.