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August 1999, Week 3

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Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:35:33 -0500
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Gavin Scott wrote:

> I could take them more seriously if they could speak English.  The person
> who wrote the text on their web pages clearly has no concept of grammar
> or punctuation.  I'd hate to have spent a lot of money for representation
> on this site (they seem to think the word is "sight", BTW) as it really is
> embarrassing right now.  A typical example from the "about" pages:
>
> > A Colleagues is an individual users.

Maybe it was done by foreign born college students working as summer
interns at Client Systems. We had a couple here a while back who did a
whole slew of reports for us, but their English skills were somewhat
lacking and some of the report headings were quite humorous. My favorite
was the delinquent billing report, titled, "People Who No Pay."

I agree, it needs a bit of rework.

Patrick :-)
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Patrick Santucci
Technical Services Analyst
KVI, a division of Seabury & Smith, Inc.
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