Thursday, August 05, 2010

Great Typo Hunt Assignment

Read the Great Typo Hunt article

Answer the following questions (typed)

  • Do you agree with the Jeff Deck's point that typos cloud communication? Explain.
  • What might be the racial implications of correcting typos in other people's writing?
  • What does Jeff Deck see as the difference between neologisms or innovations in language and typos? Do you agree with the distinction he makes?

Type out the outline of an argument about the reading
Make a claim either in support of or against Jeff Deck's typo hunting project.
Provide at least 3 reasons to back up your claim

Take one point of the outline and write the supporting paragraph
Write one paragraph (of 250 words) to explain one of your points. The topic sentence of this paragraph should be one of the reasons supporting your claim.

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