I'd bet that every, native English speaking, person on this list can easily discern which posts are written by non-native English speakers and which are written by English speakers who are just being lazy and sloppy. I've never seen anyone who has made an honest attempt to post a question in their non-native tongue on this list attacked. I'm sure that the people to whom Chris was referring have been educated in English and should be able to construct and punctuate a sentence.
On Monday 22 September 2003 01:18 pm, Michele Emmi wrote: > I would like to point out that English is not the first language of > everyone on this list. > Regards, > Michele > > From: "Christopher Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: OT: sloppy English > >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:48:28 +0100 > > > >A lot of posts to this mailing list seem to use really lazy English: "I" > >consistently in lowercase, missing punctuation, missing capital letters at > >the start of sentences, etc. > > > >Two things: > >1. A sentence which goes something like "must i do x or can i do y" is > > hard to read. > >2. Writing like this makes you sound like a moron. > > > >We're all educated people or otherwise we wouldn't be computer > > programmers. So let's maintain some reasonable standards. > > > >Chris Williams. > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help protect your PC. Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ben Souther F.W. Davison & Company, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
