Re: style

["Spagna Jr., George" <gspagna@RMC.EDU>]

Paul - I agree with virtually everything you say.  I, too, am a stickler for
grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.  Lack of proof-reading bothers me,
whether in print media or student papers or electronic messages.

Yet, I still believe (someone correct me if I'm completely wrong) that some
subscribers to this list are using older e-mail software which does not
permit them to edit outgoing messages short of deleting everything back to
the point of the error.  Unless my memory is failing (possible at my age) I
believe that some have even apologized on this list for that problem.

Be careful.  Yes.  Spend more bandwidth on this thread?  No.

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Paul Johnson wrote:

-----Original Message-----
From: paul o johnson [mailto:pojhome@FLASH.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 2:47 PM

"Spagna Jr., George" wrote:

> 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.

George, your rationale escapes me. Why is backing up required? Does anyone
use
e-mail software that doesn't allow him to pause and check doubtful spelling
and
punctuation before pressing the Send button?