On Sunday 23 January 2005 03:41 am, Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Eric Thompson wrote: > > Ditto that about true english ... > > > > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 04:06:54 +0000, Douglas James Dunn > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>First Real English would be helpful. > >> > >>On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 19:58 -0800, Janith Seneviratne wrote: > >>>is'st is gud if u ppl make an installation program 4 gentoo like > >>>DarkX, anaconda, > > To be quite honest, I think you should all lay off the calls for "Real > English". Every post in this thread, probably even this one, contains > "errors". These errors may be related to spelling or grammar, or might > simply be a departure from common usage. We won't even get into style.
That much may be true, but the messages normally posted to the list show a level of literacy that dwarfs the OP's message. I'm not a grammar or spelling pendant. In fact, I will ignore punctuation rules on purpose because I (and maybe no one else) consider them wrong. Also, I probably make more spelling and grammar mistakes than the average internet user, because I'm just bad at them. What I find important is how easy the message is to read. The OP's message was difficult because of the number of "txt msg"-like abbreviations used. I would suggest the OP limit messages with such a density of abbreviations to mediums that require it; users of other media will find such a message hard to read and, because of that, will be more likely to ignore your message entirely. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy -- [email protected] mailing list
