The importance of being precise

29 Nov

Does spelling matter? Traditionally, those that think it does (eg teachers, journalists) have had the final say.

But Generation Text is posing a new challenge to this notion. Victoria Coren argues against her instincts in The Observer to take a liberal view on spelling.

Tonight, the BBC begins showing Hard Spell (following the success of Spellbound in the US).

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