From: John Cuccia 

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 23:40:06 GMT, John Beckett
 wrote:

>John Cuccia  wrote in message
>news::
>> Sorry, Gary, I believe that the ability formulate precise,
>> grammatically correct sentences correlates directly to the ability to
>> think.
>
>An interesting, if somewhat heretical, POV!

I don't know about anyone else, but most of the time I think I'm thinking
in words.  Maybe someone like W sees pictures instead, but I'm guess that
if he does, they're comics; I hope they're in color for him.

>Then I read Richard Mitchell of the Underground Grammarian. He made the
>point that people normally pick up good spelling from lots of READING. Why
>are you reading a misspelt document if there is a good chance that the
>author hasn't done much reading themselves!?

I have mixed feelings on spelling.  I know some smart people who can't
spell, but I agree that the ability to spell is a direct result of lots of
reading.  So is vocabulary to a large degree.

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