A Writing Professor Who Wants to do Away with Spelling Rules

So excited about Anne Trubek’s article, the rebuttal from Wired Magazine‘s Copydesk and her Twitter dialogue with Grammar Girl, that I just had to post this!


Here’s the original article about why it’s ok for the English language to be altered and abbreviated as texting and 140-character communication becomes more mainstream.


Here’s the editor’s rebuttal.


Here’s Anne Trubek.


And here’s Trubek and Grammar Girl’s conversation on Twitter.


Post to the article to give your two cents on the issue!