Re: [TCML] Matt tesla

[Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll add a couple of words.  Grammar, spelling, and punctuation serve at 
least a couple of purposes.  Perhaps the most important for the subject 
at hand is that they help clarify what is being said.  I couldn't make 
much sense out of some of the early stuff.  Second purpose is to show 
some respect for the person[s] to whom the correspondence is being 
sent.  Seems to me simple politeness says the author should make at 
least some attempt to follow the conventions in everyday use.  In what 
way is email messaging different from ordinary correspondence or 
conversation?

Bottom line is that if something is too garbled to make sense why bother 
to reply????

Ed

Jim Lux wrote:

> On 5/18/13 8:41 PM, Matthew Hebb wrote:
>
> > there both the same to me ...just less dots but if it must be so 
> > formal im gunna have to spend an extra 25 mins spell checking and 
> > everything ...i usually just write things out its email messaging im 
> > not writing a formal essay for somthing i don't see why it has to be 
> > so fancy?
>
>
> Well. here's the deal:
>
> on a mailing list like this, where one is asking for advice, making 
> life easier for the folks who are being asked is a generally 
> productive strategy.
>
> While you might not care one way or the other, the folks you are 
> asking for advice clearly do.
>
> Besides, how much longer does it take to actually put a few carriage 
> returns and periods in? milliseconds?
>
> Nobody expects a finely crafted essay worthy of Steinbeck. Reasonable 
> sentence breaks and some attention to detail is a sign that you're not 
> going to inadvertently kill or injure yourself with HV gear. Maybe 
> it's a concern that if you are careless or lazy with your writing, you 
> might be the same with HV, and nobody wants to hear about a disaster.
>
>
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