On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:37:21 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> I still believe that such corrections are inappropriate in this forum.
> If someone truly intended to kindly educate the person making an error,
> to help said person gain a better control over the elusive English
> language, wouldn't that be
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 23:31:51 -700, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
> The digest is lately regularly filled with a discussion about grammar.
> English is not my first language and I must confide that I think that a lot
> of bandwidth and time is spilled with the finesses of the "English" eng
On Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:37:21 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> I still believe that such corrections are inappropriate in this forum.
> If someone truly intended to kindly educate the person making an error,
> to help said person gain a better control over the elusive English
> language, wouldn't that be
I still believe that such corrections are inappropriate in this forum.
If someone truly intended to kindly educate the person making an error,
to help said person gain a better control over the elusive English
language, wouldn't that be best done in private?
"Help" given publicly is most often a
Sam Heywood wrote, in part:
>...Let us all take their arguments into careful consideration
whenever any of us should criticize a fellow list member along
these lines.
Let all our corrections be considerate and well intended and given in
proper measure.<
Well said, Sam.
Terri
Official Gr
Perhaps you are correct ...
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:14:24 -0500, Terri FitzSimons wrote:
> I think most to whom English is not a native tongue would
> welcome the instruction -- so long as it is done tactfully.
> English does, after all, have some rather contradictory rules and
> awkward spellings
Hello Arachnids:
Very recently Terri FitzSimons, Official Grammar Sheriff, and L.D.
Best engaged in a very interesting discussion on the subject of
grammar violations. I see some very good points being made on both
sides of this issue. Let us all take their arguments into careful
consideration
>Kali McLaughlin wrote:
>
>I write to extol the virtues. . .in the discipline of grammar
ahhh, yes...but that seems to have gone the way of the dinosaur..
...and maybe this transition began with computer programming...
since we now have contests won by the person presenting the most
obfu
Kali McLaughlin wrote:
>
> I realise the reason I detest win95 so much is that the GUI has all but
> destroyed natural grammar. Even in a graphical interface there is a
> grammar of distinction between places and actions, and a time line of
> where you have been. It really upsets me when I cant d
