I fully agree with what you say about postings to the list being replete
with spelling, grammatical and syntactical errors, but you should consider
that ESF probably spent quite a bit of time composing her message and going
through it to make it sound erudite and inject poignancy. I would think she
has also been busy posting it to various listservers and other places and
she even took the extra step of making sure you realize that she means it
and that it is all her thoughts by adding the copyright notice at the
bottom. This was not a message written in 5 seconds between two meetings
and several phone calls. Whilst I make every effort to check and recheck
all my posts both for content and presentation, errors still get by me.
She, on the other hand, should not have made that error.
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
(800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 288-7438
denys at hicomp.com www.hicomp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
John Clogg
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:28 AM
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Subject: Re: Copy of open letter regarding Walter B. Hewlett
David Heasman asks:
>Is this genuine? Wouldn't a research associate of 18 years' standing be
>able to spell "replete"?
Well, presumably the members of this list are well-educated people, but the
postings to this list are replete with spelling, grammar and usage errors.
Although I hold an advanced degree and consider myself knowledgeable in
matters of English usage, I sometimes post messages with errors, primarily
due to my limited typing skills. Ms. Selfridge-Field's letter was eloquent,
and very appropriate considering the disgustingly personal attacks from the
pro-merger faction.
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