Re: OT-ish: txt - Could it replace Standard Written English?

H. S. Teoh scripsit:

> But my point was that this doesn't justify the lack of *any* standards
> whatsoever. Not overwhelming a student with corrections is not the same as
> providing no corrections because of lack of standards.
I agree entirely.  I was addressing methods and priorities, not goals.

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Most languages are dramatically underdescribed, and at least one is
dramatically overdescribed.  Still other languages are simultaneously
overdescribed and underdescribed.  Welsh pertains to the third category.
        --Alan King