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Re: style

Paul Johnson wrote:

Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

While I much prefer to see postings which are correct in grammar, spelling,
and
punctuation, this is not a medium which always permits the author to fix
such
errors.

I think I disagree, Ludwik.

In all fairness to Ludwik, that was my comment, to which he was responding!
I stand by the statement, especially the phrase "not ... always" - e-mail
software is not uniform. Paul may be able to check spelling and grammar,
and I may, but some folks cannot back up to edit messages.

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