On 1 Mar 2010 07:55:11 -0800, thomas.kel...@commercebank.com (Kelman, Tom) wrote:
>The big problem is that no one knows how to read, or write, anymore. This is always a complaint. And by "always", I go back as far as recorded history exists. >I was at a well known, excellent engineering school not long ago. I >happened to pass by a bulletin board that held postings put up by >faculty and students to announce things that were happening around the >campus. The spelling and grammar in the postings was horrible. Have you heard of "Skitt's Law" or "Muphry's Law"? (Those was horrible?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skitt%27s_law >As noted by the article below, we really do need icons and various colors, >etc. these days to tell people what to do. That's all they understand. >They certainly don't understand the written word. Did the people understand the postings as written? That is the acid test. Legal papers get edited and checked and re-checked - which doesn't mean they are unambiguously clear. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
