[benzoate]

I don’t disagree with you, but I suspect learning to write single characters accelerates learning to read. Joined up writing is totally bogus and most of the time I encounter it it makes the author harder to understand, not easier.

[jstanley]

I think joined-up writing is about making it faster to write, not easier to read.

[KineticLensman]

> I think joined-up writing is about making it faster to write...

Totally. If I have to record what people said in a meeting, accurately because I want to quote rather than summarise them, joined up writing is invaluable.

> ... not easier to read

This is the downside. At the end of a meeting where I was responsible for taking minutes, I'd usually check back through my note book to make sure I could actually interpret what I'd written.

And in case people say - Why didn't I just record the meeting - there are still places where electronic recording devices are disallowed for security reasons.

[gpderetta]

can confirm. My joined-up writing is write-only.