It still leaves the laziness issue: I would not bother to correct things that somebody else already corrected.
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Orr Dunkelman wrote: > > > WARNING: FLAME!!!!!! For all those not liking it, ignore! > > <FLAME> > > > > I believe that online posting has certain advantages because other members > > can see the postings: > > > > 1) Other members won't post corrections that have been already made. Yeah > > yeah, other members are lazy ;-) > > 2) Other members (if they are not lazy enough) can correct erroneous > > corrections ;-) of other posters. > > 3) Other members who are lazy to post might also improve their English by > > reading the corrections > > > > I believe that these advantages outperform the minor disadvantage of being > > slightly embarrassed. But it's your call. > > > > </FLAME> > > I was not embrassed by that. My ego was not too much affected by seeing > these corrections. English is not my native tounge, and I do not claim I'm > Miriam Webster. > > However, most of the English mistakes, don't interest most of the poeple > on the list (my opinion, stat flame, end flame), > and thus, I've asked to move these emails to the one who is a little bit > more interested in those emails - me. > This is the haifux list, and if someone thinks english is one of the > topics, be my guest and send it to the list, IMHO, linux stuff should go > here, and not english stuff. This is of course only my personal belief. > > Orr Dunkelman, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Computers make it easy to do a lot of things, but most of the things they > make it easier to do, don't need to be done. --Andy Rooney > > Spammers: http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~orrd/spam.html > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://linuxclub.il.eu.org) > To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Orna. | http://tx.technion.ac.il/~agmon There are only 10 types of people in the world- Those who understand binary, and those who do not. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://linuxclub.il.eu.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
