Blog 7

Phillip Corbett writes for the "After Deadline" blog in New York Times, which  discusses the grammar and usages encountered by writers and editors of The Times.  In some of his posts, he even includes critiques and mistakes the journalists have made. 

Why do we find it so hard to read Shakespeare? Where art thou for.. What does that even mean?!?! The romantic and metaphorical old English has long fled the conversations of modern times. We like our literature short and to the point. And as an effect, our minds work to cut out the details and focus on the meat. 
The new technologies have not helped this either. I for one always type my work if it involves anything over a paragraph and rely on Spell Check for proofreading. The invention of Spell Check may seem like the life raft of those kids who lose the spelling bee during the first round, but it may actually be what drowns them. To this day, I still do not know how to spell "restaurant". On Word, the trustee red line will always be there to point out my mistakes; the reliable right click will always be there to fix it.

Tonya Chen
Staff Writer