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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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
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