grammar and absolutely cannot write. I have become very very selective in those interns and students I will agree to take on in their master's degree theses. Admittedly, I am susceptible to becoming a bit obsessive, so editing the errors becomes an immense endeavor--and that is before I even assess the content. I send it back and get another version that is scarcely any less error-ridden than the first. I sit down with them and offer some suggestions, loan them a copy of my old Strunk and White (Elements of Style--the epitome of grammatical and writing references), suggest they subscribe to an online combined spelling and grammatical corrector and then try to get past that to review what they are actually trying to say.
Social media and texting, combined with lackluster teaching (or at least "learning" ) in elementary and junior high that is never corrected in high school, result in them being passed on repeatedly. I assume they graduated college to enter these master's degree programs without anyone ever reading anything they have written.
So, the dumbing down of society from first grade through college and beyond continues. But, of course, MAGA will correct all that. 
sigh...
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