DAVE BARRY: Ask Mister Language Person.

Q. Why should we modern youths bother to learn about grammar? We have Artificial Intelligence! It does our reading and writing for us! In fact AI is writing this question for us right now while we’re off somewhere getting our noses pierced.

A. You should learn to read and write because these are important skills that can mean the difference between life and death. For example, in a recent true anecdote, four modern youths were shipwrecked on a desert island that, tragically, did not have Wi-Fi. The youths wanted to make an emergency message by arranging coconuts on the sand, but without the help of AI none of them could figure out how to spell “SOS.” The best they could do was make a sad-face emoji, as seen in this photograph taken from a Coast Guard helicopter.

Q. So it worked? The Coast Guard rescued them?

A. No.

Q. Why not?

A. They had nose piercings.

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