It’s a common complaint for academics and employers to bemoan the poor standard of writing displayed by modern university students.
It’s a common complaint for academics and employers to bemoan the poor standard of writing displayed by modern university students.
Their complaints are undeniably true. But this isn’t just a modern problem. The truth is that most people struggle with grammar and punctuation and always have.
Take this exchange with Anna Akhmatova, one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century, recorded by Lydia Chukovskaya, her friend and amanuensis:
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