[RE]Grammer and Spelling - Email client...

["Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Original poster: "M G" <gt4awd@xxxxxxxxx>


I agree that people should try their best to use proper puctuation, 
and spelling, but here's something to consider. I send out emails 
with good punctuation only to find that my email client, lycos in 
this case, likes to replace certain things. For instance, I found 
that in one of my emails someone had replied to, all my periods were 
replaced with "???".  I have sent people my address, for mailing, 
through email, only to find that I was lucky to recieve the mail 
because of this problem. If you see an email on the list with "???", 
"!!!", etc, try to remember that its likely the persons email client, 
and not bad schooling...

Matt G.

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Subject : Grammer and Spelling - AKA- Thoriated Tungsten Rods - AKA - 
Re: Thoraited Tungsten Rods
Date : Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:21:33 -0600
From : "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To : tesla@xxxxxxxxxx

Original poster: Yurtle Turtle


Moderator Note: this will the last day for the spelling and
punctuation thread. I ask everyone to just try :-)) and in the
meantime, focus on content.

Gerry


Well I corrected the Subject line!!!

One other thing for posters to consider is
punctuation. I fully realize there are many posters
whose native language isn't English, but when I see a
post that is half a page run-on sentence, I quickly go
to the delete button. There have been recent posts
that had no commas, no periods, no semicolons, but
lots of!!!! and ??? interspersed in the single
sentence post. It's hard for me to read those posts
and follow what they are trying to say, so I usually
don't try.

Adam


--- Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
>
> Hi Kurt,
>
> I agree completely; Misspelling is one of the
> biggest problems
> with internet searching. I would vote for at least
> titles of threads
> being edited for spelling. I am sick of having to
> search of
> "capciters, resisters, and torrids". More than that,
> it is a real
> pain, even for native speakers, to have to decode
> what was intended
> from what has been written. Back in my school days,
> (along with
> dinosaur hunting) we were taught that proper use of
> language,
> including spelling and grammar, were a mark of
> respect for one's
> readers as well as a source of pride for the writer.
> Today's disdain for such considerations is
> simply an equal mix
> rudeness and ignorance. Contempt for proper language
> usage here in
> the US has almost become a "badge of honor" within
> the 15- to
> 30-year-old Internet crowd. Whenever I receive an
> email with careful
> attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar, it
> is almost
> assuredly from someone who is either over 40 or
> someone for whom
> English is NOT a first language.
>
> Thank you for your post,
>
> Matt D.
>
> In a message dated 4/19/07 3:00:42 A.M. Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Original poster: "Kurt Schraner"
>
>
> Why nobody like to spell the title as "Thoriated..."
> instead of
> "Thoraited..." ???
>
> The whole thread might not show up in a later
> archive search for "thoriated".
>
> In addition, foreign language members, like myself,
> would really
> benefit from halfway correct spelling.
>
> Kurt
>
> P.S. I'm aware, that legastheny has nothing to do
> with intelligence,
> and would not like to discourage anybody to post to
> the list.
>
>
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> ----------
> See what's free at
>
AOL.com.
>
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>


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