Topic: The write stuff

[Kaiaatzl]

Or could it be because I actually went to a private elementary school?

Well if you did there is a good chance that they did things differently.  So you definitely shouldn't assume that other schools do the same thing.

[Scyphi]

Because I remember specifically that it was 4th grade English class that re-emphasized this, and if you did not pass that particular test, you get held back, but do they even teach that anymore?

Well, I don't specifically recall being taught that in fourth grade, but then again, fourth grade was quite awhile ago.

At any rate, I study English, and try to make a concentrated effort to avoid that particular error when writing (and others like it) but even then I still make the error without meaning to, so I think there's more to it than just plain ignorance.

[karx-elf-erx]

Shouldn't it spell "recent" (president), or did I miss some pun?

[-<WillyP>-]

Not really a pun, but he misused/ misspelled words throughout a rant about misused/ misspelled words to make a point.