(OT) Spelling (Re: Can we focus on Harry Please)

Joywitch joym999 at aol.com
Sun Nov 12 02:50:06 UTC 2000


No: HPFGUIDX 5646

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, John Walton <john at w...> wrote:
[a very lengthy spelling/grammar correction of a previous post.]

Wow, John, you are quite a proofreader.  I am impressed.  You wouldnt 
want to proofread my dissertation, would you...its only around 350 
pages or so. <g>

Seriously, though, I have to concur that good writing skills are 
essential here.  I know that I wind up skipping a lot of posts because

1) they consist of one long paragraph
2) they are full of abbreviations and catch phrases which are 
incomprehensible to me (other than the common internet shorthand like 
IIRC, BTW, etc.)
3) they contain rambling, run-on sentences
4) they have little or no puncuation
5) there are too many spelling or grammar errors, or both

--Joywitch





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