Software Your English Teacher Would Hate
- Posted by admin
- August 24th, 2010
I don’t think, there’s too many things much trickier to learn than the English language.  Of course, the fact that most of us learn it as children when where little sponges that pick up, and mimic everything we see and hear makes it seem easy. But in fact, it is extraordinarily difficult. Just consider the fact that even those of us that learn to speak English as our first language, also spend at least our first 12 years of formal education learning all the nuances of it though school. By the time you’ve finished high school, and if you include your years before school as language learning years, you’ve spent basically the first 18 years of your life learning to communicate in your native tongue. To put that in perspective, it only takes 7 years of university to become a doctor in some places. Interesting huh?
So, while the thought of grammar software probably has my old English teacher rolling in her grave, for many of us, it’s a real blessing. I still get confused, if you try to explain the differences between allegory and metaphor to me. I generally don’t have problems with spelling in my writing, but when it comes to getting all those grammar rules perfect in my written communication, I must admit it is quite a challenge.  I’m definitely one of those people for whom (who?) grammar correction programs are written. I do however feel for the designers and developers that create the software. It really does have to be one of the tougher programs to put together.
Popularity: 11% [?]
I don’t think, there’s too many things much trickier to learn than the English language.  Of course, the fact that most of us learn it as children when where little sponges that pick up, and mimic everything we see and hear makes it seem easy. But in fact, it is extraordinarily difficult. Just consider the fact that even those of us that learn to speak English as our first language, also spend at least our first 12 years of formal education learning all the nuances of it though school. By the time you’ve finished high school, and if you include your years before school as language learning years, you’ve spent basically the first 18 years of your life learning to communicate in your native tongue. To put that in perspective, it only takes 7 years of university to become a doctor in some places. Interesting huh?
So, while the thought of grammar software probably has my old English teacher rolling in her grave, for many of us, it’s a real blessing. I still get confused, if you try to explain the differences between allegory and metaphor to me. I generally don’t have problems with spelling in my writing, but when it comes to getting all those grammar rules perfect in my written communication, I must admit it is quite a challenge.  I’m definitely one of those people for whom (who?) grammar correction programs are written. I do however feel for the designers and developers that create the software. It really does have to be one of the tougher programs to put together.
Popularity: 11% [?]