2 Feb
2004
2 Feb
'04
3:21 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Lawson" <jpl15(a)panix.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: Vhmrrxutkvbziepg
I knew I would get a correction or two since math and science were more my
specialty in school and English class put me to sleep. Anyway I just find it
amusing that there can be a heated debate or argument going on either in a
newsgroup or mailinglist and somebody will jump in to correct grammar or
spelling with nothing useful to say about the topic being discussed.
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:
>
> What is the burning desire that makes people go out of their way to
correct
> grammar in posts? Unlike in programming where a
decimal point in the
wrong
> place means something completely different , you
can misspell a word and
the
target
audience still knows exactly what your talking about. The English
^^^^
you're
language is full of words bastardized by the
locals to communicate with
<running augmented by further alacrity>
chz
jhn
BIG PS: One kin only hope that Y'all knows I'm Jokin'!!