(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 [log in to unmask] > -----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 > HICOMP > (800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 288-7438 > denys at hicomp.com www.hicomp.com > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *