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Subject: Re: Grammar and Spelling on the Net
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 06:17:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 06:17:00 1986
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/* Written  1:29 pm  Feb 20, 1986 by albert@kim.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU in ism780:net.singles */
>In article <33100034@ISM780.UUCP> dianeh@ISM780.UUCP writes:
>>Poor grammar, on the other hand, usually bothers me. There are those
>>rare gems that actaully work, like "You're good -- you're awful good."
>>or some of the Tom Frye postings, which are clearly dialect (at least I
>>hope they are :-)). Unfortunately, poor grammar more often just makes the
>>person sound stupid and tends to make me immediately prejudiced against
>>any validity their statements might otherwise have. I suppose one of the
               ^^^^^ ?!?

>I am reminded of a parable which mentions stones and glass houses.
			    ^^^^^
				Anthony Albert
				..!ucbvax!kim!albert
				albert@kim.berkeley.edu

...*THAT* mentions stones... Want to run through that parable again?