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Re: Lego Creator Activity Book
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 2 Feb 1999 18:45:27 GMT
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CJC@stopspamNEWSGUY.COM
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James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:
> I have been known from time to time to explode in similar fashion - although
> not nearly as often - which is why I avoid usenet like the plague.
Well, errors of just about any kind don't really bother me in any sort
of conversation-oriented forum. I would no sooner worry about
correcting grammar and common spelling errors in someone's usenet post
than I would interrupt someone and explain the difference between
using hopefully as an adverb and using the phrase "I am hopeful",
although that is probably one of my worst peeves.
The errors that bother me primarily are the ones that exist on
websites and even magazines and books that OUGHT to be error-free, or
at least reasonably so.
I proofread my papers before turning them in for a grade in college.
Is it too much to ask that these web "journalists" do the same with
their websites?
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| (...) I try to be forgiving on conversation forums, but 'try' and 'do' are not the same, as any 3 foot tall green muppet can tell you. <grin> I think the reason it bothers me is that I'm reading it. Although the posts that are more (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I notice these types of errors, but don't make a big deal out of them because, as you said, this is a conversation oriented forum, and not everyone is perfect (or needs to be in this case). (...) I generally don't have to proofread (Although I (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) My mother always said I inherited my grandfather's "editor's genes" - he was a newspaper editor in the 40's and 50's, and towards the end of his life, would often start a diatribe about the low quality of writing in newspapers today, and (...) (26 years ago, 2-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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