Where Has Good Grammar Gone?

From newspaper articles to emails, social media posts to protest signs, Americans are showing a serious decline in basic language skills.

It was a marketing email that finally pushed me over the edge. I opened up my email yesterday to find this subject line from Acuvue. “Hey, Thad, tried of reaching for readers?” Obviously, it should have read tired, not tried. A: I have been wearing contacts or prescription glasses since age 8. B: I’ve never used “readers.” C: Why, when they have all thi…