Kukho isizathu sokuba abo bazi kancinane malunga negrama babe ngabanyanzelisi bayo: Akukho mntu wumbi ubonakala eyikhathalele. Njengombuyiseli wezobugcisa obubodwa kumgangatho ongaphantsi we-Met, ii-grammarheads zisebenza ngokuzimeleyo, kodwa ngenjongo eqhutywa yintsimbi yokususa inkunkuma eqokelelwe ebusweni bolwimi. Ngaba kukho nawuphi na umntu ophendula ngokukhawuleza ezinyaweni zabo kunomntu othanda igrama? (Jambalaya kunye I <3, reads the first comment on your post about putting your beloved dog down. Thanks, Aunt Hilda.) They are the watchmen of language, the last guard of dangling modifiers, Strunk and White and Oxford commas…and before you open a new email to blast me, we do not use serial commas atPampereDpeopleny.
Njengombhali omkhulu wesiNgesi kwaye ngoku ochwepheshile kunye nomhleli, nam ndiye ndaziva ngathi umbane uyabetha xa ndibona kwaye ndilungisa impazamo yegrama. Ngaba kukho enye into ebuhlungu njengokusika usiba olubomvu ngonobumba omkhulu ongafanelekanga njengoZoro ngeshiti elimhlophe kumgca wempahla? Kodwa kangangoko ndinokuqonda ukungxama kwe-adrenaline yokuzoba isivakalisi, nam, ndiyavuma, ndineziphene zam: Ukukhumbula isaci sam nguwonky-umzekelo, iposi sisikhululo seposi-ndingumfundi ocothayo kwaye isipelingi esiphakathi kokona kulungileyo. Lonke ukhetho lolwakhiwo kunye nolwentsingiselo endiluthumelayo kwindalo iphela luvakala luvuthiwe ngeengcingo zohambo. Inyathelo elinye elingalunganga kunye ne-grammarheads bandifake kwi-crosshairs yabo elungele ukundihlaza.
Kwaye nangona kungekho nto intsha malunga nokuhlaziswa kwegrama-isenzo sokubonisa ukusetyenziswa kakubi kolwimi-kukho into ekudala ngayo. Ewe, igrama ibalulekile. Injongo yayo kukusinceda sinxibelelane ngokucace ngakumbi. Isiphumlisi esinye sinokutshintsha yonke into: Ndibize ngoTata! vs. Ndibize, Tata! ngumahluko phakathi komgca wencoko yababini kwi-porno kunye nomgca wengxoxo kwi-a Ithathiwe ifilimu.
Khuphela abahleli, izikhokelo zesimbo, njl.njl-ezi zibalulekile ukuhambelana kwegama elibhaliweyo kwiimeko ezithile. Iimpapasho kufanele sebenzisa uluhlu lwemithetho yamagama ahlala kumaphepha abo. Ootitshala bafundisa igrama kufanele ukukwazi ukufuna abafundi ukuba bayenze ngokuchanekileyo. Imidlalo yesikrini kufanele zifakwe iziphumlisi ngokucacileyo ukuze sazi ukuba indawo kufuneka ihanjiswe ngaphezulu kwethowuni ye-sexy-pizzaman okanye ithoni ye-Liam-Neeson-intombi-ethinjiweyo.
Kodwa igrama ayiyofiziksi. Abukho ngaphandle kwethu kwihlabathi lendalo. Yinto thina, ngokudibeneyo-ukusuka kwisikali soluntu ngokubanzi ukuya kwipolitiki yolwimi lweentsapho zethu zenyukliya-esenza njengoko sihamba. Ngokukhawuleza njengoko abantu base-AP, MLA naseChicago besebenzela ukunyanzelisa izikhokelo zabo zesitayile, ubume bendlela ulwimi oluvela ngayo ithetha ukuba abo benza imithetho ejikeleze ulwimi baya kuhlala besemva ngamanyathelo alishumi.
Kwaye masithembeke, ixesha elininzi, nangona kukho ukuphosakela kwegrama, sinokuqonda oko umntu azama ukuthetha naye. Ukubukela isiqendu samva nje se Abafazi bezindlu bokwenyani baseDallas , uTiffany, ingcali yokuthomalalisa iintlungu efunde kakhulu, uyahleka aze alungise uKameron, i-archetypal blonde bimbo (isinxibo akhetha ukusingena ngokuthanda kwakhe), ngenxa yeempazamo ezininzi zegrama—edibanisa izichazi ezinobuso obubini neziphikisanayo. kunye nokungayazi intsingiselo ye-cathartic. U-Kameron uphendula ngokubuza uTiffany ukuba uyathanda ukwenza abantu bazive bezizidenge, kwaye ngelixa sinokungena kwi-Tiffany v. Kameron feud ngelinye ixesha (#teamTiffany: Ndiyakholelwa ukuba izimvo zeenyawo zenkukhu zikaKameron ziyingozi kakhulu), uKameron uphakamisa inqaku elifanelekileyo. (Nantsi ikliphu yokwenyani yencoko.)
UTiffany ucinga ukuba unceda uKameron ngokumfundisa ukuthetha kakuhle, kodwa uKameron uziva ejongelwa phantsi. Ngaphandle kokulungiswa kukaTiffany, wonke umntu wayifumana into eyayithethwa nguKameron. Ngoko yintoni injongo yokumbiza? Ngaba kukumthoba nje? Kwaye, hayi ukufumana intanda-bulumko , kodwa ukuba siyayazi into ethethwa nguKameron, nokuba uthetha ngokungalunganga, usathetha. Ngokuqinisekileyo, uKameron Westcott usisityebi njengesihogo kwaye mhlawumbi unemfundo enye entle, kodwa singoobani thina ukuba sibeke iliso kwindlela esebenza ngayo ingqondo yakhe? Okanye ingqondo yomntu isebenza njani?
Into endizisa kwesinye sezona zizathu zibalulekileyo zokuba siyeke ukuhlazeka: i-dyslexia. Idyslexia sisiphene ekufundeni esibonakala kukufunda nzima. Yaye ngoxa idyslexia ithabatha iimilo neemo ezininzi, ngokufuthi iye yanabela ekufundeni igrama. Ngoku ka Iziko laseYale leDyslexia kunye noBuchule , iDyslexia ichaphazela ama-20 ekhulwini abemi yaye imele ama-80 ukusa kuma-90 ekhulwini abo bonke abanengxaki yokufunda. Amashumi amabini ekhulwini abemi? Oko kuthetha ukuba isihlandlo ngasinye kwezihlanu ulungisa ukusetyenziswa kakubi komntu kwento entsonkothe ngobudenge njenge-homophone (amagama avakala kanye njengelinye kodwa apelwa ngokwahlukileyo), uyakwazi ukuxelela umntu osele exelelwe into enje ngale. yonke imihla yobomi babo. Kukho iingqondo ezikrelekrele ezingakwaziyo ebomini babo ukufumanisa ukuba leliphi igqwirha okanye leliphi, bakhona okanye baya kulisebenzisa. Ayiyombonakaliso yobukrelekrele bomntu. Asikokungahoywa ngokuphandle kwemithetho. Ngokwenyani yindlela ama-20 ekhulwini obuchopho boluntu obusebenza ngayo.
Kodwa akupheli apho. Into ebonakala ngathi sisilungiso esingephi okanye ukuzama ukunceda kunokwenza umntu osele esemngciphekweni phakathi koluntu azive ebhencekile nangakumbi—esohlwaya umntu ngenxa yokukhubazeka, ngokukhuliswa kwakhe kwezentlalo noqoqosho okanye inkcubeko. Okukhona siqonda malunga ne-dyslexia, kokukhona kufuneka sizikhathaze kancinci malunga nokuba kukho umntu osebenzise okungalunganga kwakhe. Okukhona siqonda ukuba inkqubo yonakele, ukuba ngelixa elinye iklasi labafundi bebanga lesithandathu lifunda malunga nenxaxheba yexesha elidlulileyo ngelixa elinye lifunda kwinqanaba lesithathu, kokukhona kufuneka sikhathalele ukuba inkqubo yomviwa inempazamo yopelo. Okukhona siqonda malunga amandla olwimi kunye nesazisi , kokukhona sifanele sikukhathalele ngakumbi ukuzama ukwenza abo sibagqala njengabanye bavakale ngakumbi ngathi.
Okona kulungileyo, ubupolisa begrama bunyanzelisa imithetho esinceda sinxibelelane ngokucacileyo. Okona kubi kakhulu, yiseti yemithetho engqongqo evumela abanye abantu ukuba banyuke ileli ngelixa bebambe abanye ngasemva. Kwaye ayisiyiyo yonke ingongoma yolwimi ukusikhulula?
Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, ukuba besifuna uLiam Neeson ukuba aze kusihlangula, sinoluvo lokuba angawufumana umxholo, enokuba okanye ngaphandle kwekoma.
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