--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jst...@...> wrote: > > I guess a self-serving non sequitur is the best you > can manage. > > Actually, unlike you, I've never measured my self- > worth by how much money I make.
And a good thing, too. But I wouldn't fret about it too much. People who write for a living -- either words or code -- tend to get paid more than people who correct other people's spelling for a living > Also unlike you, although I'm not paid for my FFL > participation either, I do my best to get things > straight before I post. Ahem. Referring to: > > > Case in point, my words "settle in for the long haul." > > > You read those words but didn't bother to read what came > > > before them, and as a result got what I meant by them > > > hopelessly wrong. So you're saying that because I interpreted this phrase differently than you intended, and made a joke about it -- and you -- I was WRONG. I think correcting other people's spelling for a living has gotten to you. Your clients may feel that they have to pay attention to your "corrections," but no one else does. If you were a better writer, and made yourself clear in the first place, maybe you wouldn't have to spend so much time telling other people it's *their* fault for not getting what you meant. :-)
