(after John after Denys>
Hi folks,
    I think what we all understand is her intent. Nit picking seems such a
waste of time at the moment, but there have been times in the past when
reading a member's post that I spend just a couple of seconds deciphering
what word the member was really trying to write even though the meaning was
unmistakable.

    Sometimes a limerick says it best:


         The Dinner Guests

They seem to have taken on airs.
They're ever so rude with their stares.
They get there quite late.
There's a hand in your plate.
And they're eating what's not even theirs.

From "Woe is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner


                     Eric Sand
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Clogg [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:50 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [HP3000-L] Copy of open letter regarding Walter B.
> Hewlett
>
> Denys,
> I agree with you.  I am always annoyed by such errors, especially since
> that
> one should have been caught by a spell-checker.  I simply feel that it is
> an
> overreaction to invalidate or question the authenticity of the message
> because of one spelling error.  I had not seen one posting in support of
> the
> letter, so I decided to step up.  By the way, on the subject of
> proofreading: proofing a document will help you catch typing errors.  In
> this case, I'm sure the author believes "repleat" is the correct spelling
> of
> "replete", so proofing would not detect that error.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denys Beauchemin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:42 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Copy of open letter regarding Walter B. Hewlett
>
>
> 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
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