<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:13 AM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 14 January 2016 at 01:29, William Flynn Wallace wrote:<br>
> I am hoping that this generation of Tweeters will change the language<br>
> dramatically in the direction we are talking about. They are talking about<br>
> the disappearance of cursive writing and I too think that's good, though<br>
> some writing will be with us forever, I think. As soon as programs like<br>
> Dragon Speaking get really good, we will no longer use our thumbs to write<br>
> on our cell phones, and may move away from the keyboard entirely, as who can<br>
> type as fast as he can talk? And if AI gets as good as some predict, we<br>
> won't have to do a lot of editing when we speak into a computer.<br>
><br>
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</span>Speed isn't everything. Quality matters.<br>
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Twitter seems to produce a very low level of communication.<br>
Some authors still prefer cursive writing. Probably because it forces<br>
them to spend time thinking about what they are writing.<br>
Dictation produces a different style of writing. And when transcribed<br>
to text you lose all the voice inflexions. shrugs, and other<br>
non-verbal communications.<br>
<br>
Even typing in haste produces errors. (Though readers cannot hear the<br>
screams of rage as you type). :)<br>
Rereading and using the spellcheck should be made a habit.<br>
Sometimes I even 'sleep on it'. Rereading something in the cold light<br>
of day can often cause a rewrite.<br>
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BillK<br></font></span></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">I don't think as I write. I think beforehand and then transcribe it. My first copy is very often my final copy, though I do proofread very diligently, and more than once. Decades of grading essays showed me that most people don't do a good job, even after much urging from me, and so I might not either. I know what I want to say, but want to make sure I did say it. My dissertation had to be proofread by someone else, as I got to the point where I was reading what I meant to say rather than what was on paper.<br><br>WordPerfect had a grammar checker that would tell you such things as whether you used the passive voice a lot. Wonder where that went.</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"> I bet you'll tell me.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">bill w<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">bill w</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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