Would it disturb you if a high school senior did not know the definition of the word “modest?”
Not only is it today’s high school senior, it’s also the high school seniors from each of the graduating classes of the past 25 years, people who are now adults and in positions of authority, leadership, education, etc, etc, etc. We see it here on this site alone; the myriad of examples of poor writing, the terrible grammar, misspelled words, missing or incorrectly used punctuation, lack of syntax, failure to capitalize sentences/names/place names/the word “I”, non-proofread documents, apostrophe abuse, to name just a few. I work with people in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s who get offended if THEY write poorly and someone either corrects the paperwork or rejects it. They say things like, “Well, you can understand what I meant to say,” or, “It’s not that important to write (or spell, or punctuate) correctly. You’re being a perfectionist.” What really irks me is when it’s someone in a teaching, supervisory or upper management position. It’s even worse when they print copy after copy or re
