Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

IMO, nothing wrong with being wordy in this life... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks. but i will admit i'm wordy! -- Original message -- From: Martin Again, Keith, allow me to applaud you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feel your pain! I tend to avoid a whole host of abbrevi

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

thanks. but i will admit i'm wordy! -- Original message -- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Again, Keith, allow me to applaud you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feel your pain! I tend to avoid a whole host of abbreviations because i fear loss of my language skills. It's mad

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Again, Keith, allow me to applaud you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Feel your pain! I tend to avoid a whole host of abbreviations because i fear loss of my language skills. It's mad crazy watching me type a long butt message on a cell phone, insisting on proper punctuation and refusing to use text

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

...So sad to see people who strive to stay ignorant...attacking constructive criticism...A sure sign that she has probably not picked up a book in a while...Forgive me, James for babbling...I really don't have much to say at 2:30 in the morning, but I could let this one pass without saying somet

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Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:57 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds] So, this means I've been wasting fifteen hours a day...and the hour I spent last week at the library, where I ended up lugg

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rs.com/> _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:00 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds] For a few months, there was a

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Feel your pain! I tend to avoid a whole host of abbreviations because i fear loss of my language skills. It's mad crazy watching me type a long butt message on a cell phone, insisting on proper punctuation and refusing to use text messaging shorthand! -- Original message ---

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

James, we have to weep louder. I run across such daily, and from people who profess to be educated professionals. (Said education apparently being Sesame Street"...) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a few months, there was a frequent poster on one of my websites who saw no reason for gramm

RE: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

_ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:00 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds] For a few months, there was a

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icans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds] So, this means I've been wasting fifteen hours a day...and the hour I spent last week at the library, where I ended up lugging out eleven books. Anyone know a good lawyer who speaks on a Jack & Jill level? Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTE

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So, this means I've been wasting fifteen hours a day...and the hour I spent last week at the library, where I ended up lugging out eleven books. Anyone know a good lawyer who speaks on a Jack & Jill level? Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So I guess I'm a carpenter... "Trac

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For a few months, there was a frequent poster on one of my websites who saw no reason for grammar and sentence structure. She would type these 1500-2500 word responses to blog and commentary entries that she didn't like. Her responses consisted of one gigantic run-on sentence. She did not use pu

Re: [scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

yeah, this saddens me. Command of language--written and spoken--is of paramount importance to me. One concern I have with some of the younger generations' Web surfing is that much of it is more focused on video and audio, not so much reading. "Short Attention Span Theatre" on MTV was prescient,

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So I guess I'm a carpenter... "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Original Message Subject: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds Bad news for all the authors among you http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/11/74

[scifinoir2] [Fwd: [NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds]

Original Message Subject:[NPHC] Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading, Study Finds Bad news for all the authors among you http://chronicle.com/daily/2007/11/742n.htm Monday, November 19, 2007 *Americans Are Closing the Book on Reading,