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From: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Did you check out MacConnection's latest ad?
Message-ID: <11456@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 12 Apr 90 03:55:52 GMT
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Reply-To: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Chris Silverberg)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA
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JR> (By the way, has your school not taught you that "it's" is a
JR> contraction of "it is"? The posessive of "it" is "its" (no
JR> apostrophe).)
 
Oh please... let's not start this... 1) we all make mistakes occasionally,
especially if you read my article ;-) and 2) this is certainly NOT the
newsgroup to do so. Maybe there's an English or grammer newsgroup??

Here's a bit from 

             "A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community" 
                             by Chuq Von Rospach 

> Spelling Flames Considered Harmful

> Every so often a plague descends on the net called the spelling flame.
> It starts out when someone posts an article correcting the spelling or
> grammar in some article.  The immediate result seems to be for everyone
> on the net to turn into a 6th grade English teacher and pick apart each
> other's postings for a few weeks.  This is not productive and tends to
> cause people who used to be friends to get angry with each other.

> It is important to remember that we all make mistakes, and that there are
> many users on the net who use English as a second language.  If you feel
> that you must make a comment on the quality of a posting, please do so by
> mail, not on the network.

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