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From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Flame on net posters' English - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 16-Dec-83 22:26:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 16 22:26:16 1983
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uiucdcs!renner    Dec 16 21:53:00 1983

Reference: flame on net poster's English...

     Well, I might as well throw in my two cents.  The purpose of
writing is for the author to convey his message to the reader.  I
believe that a polished, well-written article will do this better. 
This is not to say that the smallest spelling error destroys the
value of the article.  However, grievous errors in sentence
construction (comma splices, etc.), confusion between its/it's and
there/their/they're and other writing atrocities inevitably distract
the reader and therefore obstruct the purpose of the article.

     But if you feel that your ideas aren't worth the effort to avoid
these things, then by all means just bash it out any old way.  It doesn't
bother me in the slightest.  If it gets too bad, I just hit "j"...

Scott Renner
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