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Cobby33I agree with most everyone's comments.
But let's remember that nobody has perfect grammar, spelling, syntax, etc. Let us also remember that some people suffer from learning disabilities, et al., so we shouldn't (necessarily) be so quick to judge people whose backgrounds we do not know.
Having said that, I, too, am appalled at the writing skills of many of my adult students and I think email/text messaging (and overall watching too much TV and playing too many video games)- are largely to blame. As well, the general attitude of schools and parents, not wanting to challenge their kids, has also contributed to such laziness.