I get the daily e-mail from Daily Writing Tips, so I can keep up with what’s going on in the world of writing (the technical world of grammar and word use, that is, not the world of authors and such). And today’s article, entitled “Putting on Airs” or Expressing One’s Thoughts? really struck a nerve with me. Someone besides me believes that there really is a dumbing down of the American culture.
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“4 out of 5 people will believe anything you say as long as you preface it with a statistic.” — Yours Truly
I get the utterly impossible image of someone perusing my writings in 100 years and quoting someone named Yours Truly with the above quotation. It’s sad, really, that I have such a low opinion of my fellow (and future fellow) human being. What’s sadder is the image I have of someone 100 years from now not even being able to read and/or understand my writings.
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