what happens if the person dosent have internet or its also human habit to use em still and besiedes if the net goes out for a whole day, not sayin it will, but then ppl who rely on that for thier dictionaries are offically screwed
This does not at all make me feel old, but: When I was in school, there was no writing tests on the computer. All had to be written traditionally with a ballpoint pen, and if you couldn't spell, you would get bad grades. This also meant that if you were good at using a dictionary, you would do a lot better than people who couldn't, because they would either waste time trying to find a word, or just skip over it, and get a lesser grade, because their assignment had misspelled words. This use of dictionaries also gave a better understanding of language, the alphabet and gave a bigger vocabulary, because, funnily enough, there was more than one word described on each page, which meant that looking up a single word could teach your 20 or more new words and meanings of these. The internet does not exactly do much of the same, and I don't think many people care to look up words they don't understand in a description these days. Just like, with the internet, people have become much more lazy when it comes to information searches. People will ask a question on a forum, instead of looking it up on google, or, God forbid it, looking it up in encyclopaedias in the library/at home if they have some there....
No wonder research shows that the internet is making us stupid.
When I was in school, there was no writing tests on the computer. All had to be written traditionally with a ballpoint pen, and if you couldn't spell, you would get bad grades
Ummm... it still work this way. You're not that old.
This also meant that if you were good at using a dictionary, you would do a lot better than people who couldn't, because they would either waste time trying to find a word, or just skip over it, and get a lesser grade, because their assignment had misspelled words.
Well, I don't know how it works in English or in your language, but in my language you look retard even if you have to look in the dictionary because you don't know how a word is spelled.
because, funnily enough, there was more than one word described on each page, which meant that looking up a single word could teach your 20 or more new words and meanings of these.
True, but I learnt English on the Internet, and I don't think it would have worked using a dictionary. (now I'll look stupid because of the grammar errors I made in the same sentence I claimed to know English.) I feel like those pro debaters in the WEPR, quoting and replying to ever paragraph
Ummm... it still work this way. You're not that old.
Well, as an example, in hish school, we were allowed to use computers for writing papers, and while we were not allowed on the internet, Word does have a decent spell check.
Well, I don't know how it works in English or in your language, but in my language you look retard even if you have to look in the dictionary because you don't know how a word is spelled.
Generally, with a language with a huge amount of silent letters and vowels sounding like everything but exactly what it is, it is quite easy to write something wrong. And having a test for spelling and use of words only, you would look more stupid getting a C or a D, because you didn't care to look it up, especially when you had time for exactly that, than looking up long words we were never going to use again. So, sure, you might look stupid for looking up words, but you will also look stupid not being able to spell, and you will look even more stupid (in my book), if you don't care that you can't spell.
As for the "learning on internet" and "grammar": I got better by the use of the internet. Learned more too, but you have to start somewhere, and I have had a habit of reading dictionaries... And looking up stuff every time I didn't known the meaning. The internet is great for learning, but so is reading books, being active in school, and talking to foreigners. And I make a number of (the same) grammar mistakes too, because I forget to look through the post... *sigh*
Generally, with a language with a huge amount of silent letters and vowels sounding like everything but exactly what it is, it is quite easy to write something wrong.
yeah, I guess my language is too different. in my awesome language there isn't any silent letters and if you don't know a word you have 95% chance to spell it right. the truth is that I speak english almost only on the internet, so I just have to open a new tab. I understand that looking opening the internet on the phone in a normal discussion might look a bit stupid.
