Quote Originally Posted by gWaPito View Post

... there's no excuse
Whilst innumerable differences between peoples' accents (and in my own case, increasing deafness) can (and often do) [understandably] make verbal communication difficult to follow, those same excuses cannot, IMO, be applied to poorly composed grammar, spelling and/or punctuation that is either written or typed ... if those basic skills are properly taught in schools - which, believe me, they most certainly were throughout the ordinary State Primary System back
in my day!

Personally, I blame the prevailing ubiquitous use of mobile phones and the resultant reliance on 'text speak' for causing the current sloppiness!