The Church of Proper English

Posted by Diana Hsieh on 10 January 2013 at 2:00 pm Funny, Language

Jan 102013

Imagine that you’re writing a message to a philosophy Ph.D such as myself… well, let’s just say that this is not the message that you should write:

Sweet Jesus. Might I recommend worship at the Church of Proper English, first and foremost?

Amlan Gupta

Too funny.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1016717466 Pablo Romero

He addressed you as Dr. Diana… maybe he thought you were Dr. Laura?
Kelly Elmore

I’m an atheist when it comes to the Church of Proper English. But I am a serious believer when it comes to the Church of Context and Rhetorical Situation.
Tjitze de Boer

/chanting Spell check domine use often is recome.
Tim

I concluded that people write that way because they are embarrassed about effective writing or they spent a lot of time sending text messages on phones with numeric keypads. Ignorance is another possibility.

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