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Old 07-12-17, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by nycphotography
Not for nothing, but the notion of someone in publishing being expected to know how to write proper English is quaint at best anymore.

We used to have curmudgeonly editors pounding on their writers to produce decent prose to some kind of journalistic standard.

Now we have spoiled clueless hipster wannabe's lounging around coffee shops banging out blogs and vlogs and whatever other half formed thoughts they may be momentarily enamored with.
It isn't the hipster's fault. People used to pay for newspapers, and advertisers used to pay to advertise in them. No one can afford curmudgeons since news became free.
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