On 10/17/05, Geoff Burling <llywrch(a)agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
Okay, I'm probably asking to get flamed by writng this, but
would people *please* make an effort to check their spelling
& grammar before they post here? In the haste to contribute to
an ongoing conversation, sometimes the result can be, well,
incoherent, as shown by the quoted passages below.
I agree with you, although the fact that you misspelled "writng" in your
very first sentence leads me to believe you don't use a spell checker
yourself.
Unless you
consider the reason for this may a combination of low
profile and the knowlage amoungst those that do know about it that
they would be wasteing there time. Any article that is so important
that it must be included in wikipedia this year is unlikely to get
wiped out through AFD.
I wouldn't say anything about this paragraph, had it not appeared
in the same post, because despite having a college degree in English,
I still manage to misspell words. However, it borders on parody to
find one statement with 3 glaring misspellings follow an incoherent
one. I like to think that the people who post here on a regular
basis are some of the brightest & most articulate (& yours truly)
members of Wikipedia; seeing the above, I have to strongly reconsider
that assumption. Typos & misspellings only undercut the power & logic
of a writer's arguments, which is why I struggle to keep them out
of what I write. (And an old Usenet rule dictates that at least one
of these can be found in my email.)
Take a look at the other writings by this person. I'm not sure what the
problem is, but it might be that they don't speak English as their primary
language.
To repeat myself, if you believe your opinion is important enough to
be put into an email to this list, then it is
important enough to
proof-read that email before you send it to this list. I may be wrong
to say this, but any topic will wait a minute or two while you
perform this simple task.
I don't usually do it, but I did click on "check spelling" for this
particular post.
Geoff
Anthony