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One thing I can agree with is that college students can't read or write worth a shit. Less than 10% of the students at my college write grammatically correct. 90% don't know what a run on sentence is. 90% don't know what a contraction is or when to avoid them. 90% don't know when to use commas and when not to. It's at the point right now that when I turn my papers in, my professors keep them to show other students how to write. It's truly unbelievable.
Here's an example: "The world has known since it's beginning that their is only one very good company, that is good at making computers, Dell."
No joke. It's absurd what kind of trash is turned in here. I don't know if I learned how to write from reading or if it's natural, but something needs to be done. When I proofread papers for people I literally have to <I>stop</I> because I end up re-writing the entire thing. College students can't spell, they can't write, and they can't read. Whether this is unique to our generation is a different argument.
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