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From: stassen@trwspp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Minor Catharsis
Message-ID: <587@trwspp.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 12:00:26 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 26 12:00:26 1984
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	...right.  Sorry, but I read your article (for content :-)), 
and you're WRONG.  

(* FLAME ON! *)

	The printed word is about a 35% effective method of communications
(if you want to give talking face-to-face 100%, which it isn't *).  You don't
get any body english, or tone of voice, or accent, or inflection to help
you understand what was said.

	Not only that, but most of the netters are trying to carry on
debates about reasonably complex topics, and points which are very difficult
to get across.  In case you hadn't noticed, misunderstanding runs rampant 
on the net.  ANYTHING which can be done to make an article clearer and 
easier to read is worth putting in -- and it's worth some EFFORT as
well!

	If you can't find the appropriate spelling, then I suggest YOU go
back to _Tip and Mitten_.  If you don't care how stupid you make
yourself look, or how few people understand what you're trying to say,
then go right ahead and ignore the SIMPLE rules that you learned in
elementary school (or did you?).

(* FLAME OFF! *)

	Now, this bit doesn't belong (this IS net.flame), but...  people
who pick someone else's article apart for spelling or grammar mistakes
are (all but) admitting that they can't really find anything else in it
weak enough to pick upon.  A person shouldn't take a single article to
task for the author's lack of education (:-)), but it IS a good idea to
use correct English when trying to get a point across.

	* from a class on "personal communications."

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Christian W. Stassen	[decvax!trwrb,vortex,ihnp4!vortex]!trwspp!stassen

	"Typo's don't count"