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Ap English Synthesis Essay

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1. Give an outline of the views on English spelling presented in texts 1 and 2.
The two different texts mention, and are all based on the way our spelling has developed with our technology. According to Anne Trubecks “Proper Spelling? Its Tyme to Let Luce!” the way our language has developed only makes sense compared to how the humans are relying more on technology than ever. There is no guidelines on how to spell words, and because of the fact that words had to spelled in a specific way, is only a thing that happened recently. This however contradicts Lee Simmons “Spelling: A Rebuttal From Wired’s Copydesk” . Said article speaks of how that yes it is a more common occurrence now that spelling isn’t completely correct, and that how it constantly …show more content…

Therefore the writing has correct grammar and spelling. Although he is arguing against it, he does make some jokes regarding the issue, for example; “…. spell colonnade and odyssey and pirhana(…er, piranha).” (p.4, l.10) which makes the generally negative tone in the text lighter. The meaning of the words, and how they’re spelled in latin - our base language - are also brought into the text. “Why is there a g in sign but not wine? Because the latin root is signum, as in signature.” (p.5,l.98-100). He speaks of trubeck as if she were a friend, which is very likely because they work at the same workplace. He also writes in a very neutral tone, which would mean that even though he is very proper in his grammar, he casually uses words like bitch (p.5,l.130) in a sentence. Along with this, the way he writes it, a very stable way of writing, he appeals to the logical side of the brain. Overall his tone of writing in negative, and appeals to the logical side in out …show more content…

Her perspective on the topic of English writing, is that because of the English language being so difficult to learn, we should lower our standards, so that the younger people in the generation can learn other things faster, and not have to worry about spelling. While this completely contradicts text 2, in which its stated that everyone needs a baseline to learn from, and to evolve, which is what we need to educate ourselves further. It also explains why we should worry about writing, because communication with others would be a lot more difficult, if for example, each person spoke a different dialect. This would make the issue of communicating via. The internet, and chatting systems almost impossible. Even though from the perspective of the first text, this wouldn’t be a problem, because viral communication is so popular and commonly done, that almost everyone knows how to speak “leetspeak” and communicate with eachother via. this wireless world. Although most of the younger generation can write, or at least somewhat understand “leetspeak” that doesn’t mean that doesn’t mean they always have. I personally agree with text 2, because if we didn’t have something to build our knowledge og languages on, then we wouldn’t be able to develop the English language - or any language for that matter -

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