Dear Quiddity

As found in the latest edition of This is True

“THE KINGZ INGLISH: Britain’s Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has decreed that secondary students must not be penalized for misspellings when taking an important hour-long test — on English proficiency. The spelling standard was loosened when only 71 percent of 14-year-old students managed to ‘reach the level expected in English’ against a target of 75 percent. (London Telegraph) …Nt srprsng thx 2 txt msgs.”

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