On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:22:39 -0400, stosss <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> [...] and you are the only one whining.
>>
>> He's the only one saying anything (so far), but he's explicitly *not*
>> the only one who finds this annoying.  I, for instance, do as well.
>>
>> If you want to offer patches, great.  Don't insult anyyone who
> disagrees in the process.
> 
> Just because you or anyone else disagrees
> with me or anyone else pointing out an error in grammar doesn't mean
> we are wrong and you are right. If there is an error it is wrong.

Whilst I can only obviously agree with that, your tone comes across as
more than a little confrontational.  Admittedly, there have been
disagreements with some of your suggestions, but each suggestion is
taken on its individual merit.  Therefore, you shouldn't assume that
the next suggestion is automatically going to be rejected.

You could have easily stopped your original post [0] before writing
"To all who disagree..." and it would have had exactly the same value
as it did without inflaming things on this list.

Also, how can you claim that phrases like "Stuff like this needs
to be corrected because it doesn't present a favorable impression on
people who understand proper grammar." are not insulting? We do
understand proper grammar, but sometimes typos or other mistakes
slip through the net.  We are only human after all!

Regards,

Matt.

[0] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-book/2010-March/025118.html

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