Of human errors

[justcarol67]

Carol earlier:
> >  "May have been excusable"? That's very generous of you! Maybe
you've never misread a post or misremembered canon, but I think most
of us have done something similar and realize that we and our fellow
posters are all fallible. And I had hoped that my public apology for a
blunder would be accepted as well-intentioned rather than greeted by
flames. <snip>

Ali responded: 
> And you've just perfectly demonstrated why emotions are running so
high on the main list right now.
> 
> "May have" is something I use in daily speech all the time, and in
an essay/press release/whatever, I would rephrase that sentence to
"your blunder is perfectly excusable but..." or something akin to
that. <snip> I guess I apologize for my unclear phrasing, but since I
also thought that spending the entire email differentiating between
professional & personal errors was clarification enough, you can take
my apologies as you will.
> 
> And I guess while I'm at it, I may as well just make apologies for
any snarky undercurrents that may be detectable here; please just take
my words as they are written.  I just woke up, and I'm a grumpy
morning person, even on a Sunday morning and with the promise of
brunch on the way.

Carol responds:

Here. Have a ginger newt.

Carol, who really was trying to get the list to lighten up and still
wants us to do so