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From: jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Writing Style (a mild flame)
Message-ID: <157@rtech.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 17-Feb-85 02:40:20 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 17 02:40:20 1985
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Organization: Relational Technology, Berkeley CA
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> [I don't believe in line-eaters...But just in case...]
> 
> 			       Writing Style
> 				A mild flame
> 
> 
> 	     Would you be so  kindly  to  write  your  articles,  so
> 	everybody has a fair chance to understand them; if not their
> 	meaning, then at least the words in them?
> 
> 	     This is not  directed  at  anyone  personally,  but  to
> 	everyone,  especially  you  who  has  English  as your first
> 	language.  Remember there are many people  on  the  net  and
> 	many  of  the  european  readers  only have English as their
> 	second or third language.
> 
				.
> -- 
> Kim Chr. Madsen   Datalogisk Institut (Institute of Datalogy)
> 		  University of Copenhagen
> {decvax,philabs,seismo}!mcvax!diku!kimcm			  

Sometimes it's hard for native English speakers to know when they are using
language that would confuse a non-native speaker.  A reply saying "I'm from
the Netherlands.  Please tell me what this means." can help us help you.
-- 
Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.)
aka Swazoo Koolak