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From: mbb@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (martin.b.brilliant)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng
Subject: Re: Dyslexia Sample
Message-ID: <1226@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Date: 7 Jun 89 15:12:24 GMT
References: <26534@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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From article <26534@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, by watson@ames.arc.nasa.gov (John S. Watson):
> I've been reading the recent discussion on dyslexia, and think
> maybe it's the problem that I have with reading and writing.....
> .....  (I'll try not to fix anything in this posting, just to 
> give you a [good] sample....

sample omitted....

> Well, I've probably embarrassed myself enough for science, so I'll quit
> rambling.

I've seen many postings that looked a lot worse with no apology from
the author.  If what Mr. Watson posted was really uncorrected except
for the brackets, I'd say his main problem is that he's too worried
about correctness.  Most people have trouble proofreading their own
writing, and most people have trouble finding "the the" in any written
sample.  As a secondary problem, his ability to catch errors may be
below average, but (as an untrained native user of the language) I'd
say his style is well within the normal range.

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