Country Curtis

Words and their meanings have always captured my interest. As a result, when I was teaching English and journalism, I insisted that my students express themselves accurately and not make common errors that would obliterate the clarity of their writing.

The truth is the transition from spoken to written language can often be a bumpy one because the way we talk tends to be less formal than the way we write. When we try to translate spoken ideas into writing, it is often hard to remember correct grammar. Also we hear incorrect grammar used so often that correct might sound odd or even wrong to us.

I was often amazed that most of my foreign-exchange students were superior to my American students when it came to knowing the skills of our language. Of course, the foreign-exchanges weren’t any more intelligent than the Americans. They simply were not exposed to what were improper language skills in their classrooms or cultures. The same would be true for American foreign exchange students in Germany, Spain or any other country.

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