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mwmisses4289

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2. I suspect most people now write like they speak and hear people around them speak.

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Mon Jul 6, 2026, 10:23 AM

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Most writing is formal, and is not the way most people speak.
Also, for most of us, grammar sucks big time. Why learn something when for every rule there is an exception? Yes, I understand why there are exceptions to the rules, but it makes it difficult to master English when one thinks they have mastered a rule, only to discover one hasn't because of the exceptions!

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