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Renew your wedding vows in Goa, or gift a Ceremony Package to a close couple Multiple options to make your day extra special! http://www.renewalsetc.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Ms/ Mrs. Rebello-Hamm, You wrote: RH I'm sure you prefer Caju Feni! Native English speakers make spelling or grammar mistakes too!. I did not argue I was perfect? CP: I'm not perfect either, and I too am not a native English speaker. In fact I don't know how to type 'properly' (without looking at the keyboard) and make far more mistakes than you. Every posting of mine I go back and check for mistakes but more often then not many get through. But I make that effort regardless. ----------- RH: My subject was on 'PERSONAL ATTACKS' and 'PERSONAL CRITICISM' not on 'spellings' and 'feminine'. CP: Totally agreed. My interest though is in the English language and hence my response. I totally agree with you that we should be discussing issues and not be making personal attacks here on GoaNet. But what is construed as a 'personal criticism' by one person can be seen as mild chiding by another or as an unforgivable personal attack by another. At best we can just try to be civil to each other. --------- RH: It's a pity some people cannot differentiate an apple from a banana! Yes, biologically, I'm feminine, I have a voice, and can stand my man. CP: In this day and age that is a very good quality to have. I know women who can't stand their man, who end up living a charade and a hollow life. Also it is apples and oranges that are normally mixed up but I suppose it is not entirely impossible to mistake a raw apple from a fattened small banana. But jesting aside Mrs/Ms. Rebell-Hamm since I have caused you offense please accept my sincere apologies. Understand that I was just trying to, in a lighter vein, caution you about the pitfalls of not crosschecking what you have typed before hitting the send button. Here is a popular joke, about how typos can cause major misunderstandings, to illustrate my point: ---- A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they are copying copies, and not the original books. So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this. He points out that if there was an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the other copies. The head monk says, "We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son." So, he goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original. Hours later, nobody has seen him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs to look for him. He hears sobbing coming from the back of the cellar and finds the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying. He asks what's wrong. "The word is celebrate not celibate," says the old monk with tears in his eyes. ----- Let me take this opportunity to welcome you to GoaNet. We need more vocal females here to counter the male imbalance. Some of us males, me included, are definitely unbalanced! Cheers! Cecil P.S. Here are some common typos found in Bibles http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7359/bible-typos ========