Bryson and Dawkins

Before You Read:
3. I think that technology has changed the way we speak in many ways. People are now less knowledgable about grammar due to technology. People tend to shorten words and abbreviate words too, and when it comes to writing outside of Facebook, twitter, ect. they are less open with more vocabulary.
Discussing and Journaling:
1. When Bryson discusses the writing concept, he suggests that a writing construct is hard to define, even if they are the simplest concepts. There can be many different meanings to sentences, and Bryson believes that because of that it can make it difficult for readers and process the meaning of the sentences.
3. Prescriptive and descriptive have two different meanings. Prescriptive is how somethings is prescribed in writing, and descriptive is how something is described. When I write, I believe that i use more of a prescriptive grammar rather than descriptive. When I was thought grammar, teachers didn't usually describe to us what we were learning but more prescribed, by giving us rules to follow when learning grammar.
Applying and Exploring:
1. English has been modernized to an extent. Now a days... the older generation doesn't fully or always understand what my generation is trying to say. Bryson discusses that the english language is very important, and i believe that if he saw how our generations language is today, he would be upset and discouraged.

Dawkins:
Questions for discussing and journaling:
1. Dawkins challenges the writing construct and how it is used.
3. Dawkins discusses a whole new way of how punctuation changed. After reading what he has to say about punctuation, it opened my eyes more about it. I've never looked at punctuation that closely before. He discusses that punctuation is looked at in a very strict way, and I hadn't noticed that before.
Applying and Exploring:
4. Dear Previous Teachers,
Thinking back to how I was thought writing, I find that I was not thought everything I needed to know. I am 19 years old, and still find that I am struggling when it comes to writing constructs. I believe that I was never fully thought what I needed to know and that you are to blame for that. I also believe that I was not thought grammar correctly either, I still seem to get confused with grammar when I am writing.
Sincerely,
Madeline