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Has anyone else noticed the erosion of literacy in today's magazines?
Two recent examples:
1. The January Sound&Vision is reviewing a new $8000 integrated from Yamaha.
The first sentence asks: "Are you drooling over those massive UV meters?"
(Don't they mean VU meters?)
2. Another review (can't remember the source) describes some speakers as
"immanently listenable". I think they meant "eminently listenable".
Cowabunga!
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Some schools here in Michigan have done away with teaching cursive already. How are these kids going to read anything of importance from our past? History is full of documents, letters, etc., written in cursive. They had a knack for excellent penmanship.
Signing paychecks will be a thing of the past. Direct deposit. Beginning now, our pay stubs will not be a hard copy where I work. They will be available online.

I remember working for a former employer about 20 years back where one of the guys couldn't read nor write and needed someone to witness his signing an "X" on his paycheck.
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