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From: stassen@trwspp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: hav's major catharsis
Message-ID: <605@trwspp.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Oct-84 13:24:36 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  4 13:24:36 1984
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> HEY!!!  Whaddya mean, find something better to do?  If someone is going to
> flame the net for lousy (make that crummy; lousy is getting to be over-used)
> grammar and/or punctuation, doesn't it seem reasonable that his or her (yes,
> I read my mail) flame should be grammatically correct, and that *everything*
> contained therein should be impeccably spelled?  No?  Well, you can always
> unsubscribe, or "n" over the article, or go jump in the lake.  :-)

	You're assuming that I was flaming the net in general
for spelling.  First of all, my article WAS spelled and punctuated
"impeccably."  The important part of the article is the "body."  The funny
quote at the end is pretty meaningless (as usual...:-)).  In addition, I was
flaming at one person in particular who had decided that the English 
language wasn't a very good standard to follow.

	The QUOTE may have had an error.  Had you been a good 
English major, you would have noticed the quotation marks (").  The 
quotation marks mean that the item enclosed is not original material.

	I think you should either give up, think before you post, or
(alternatively) go back and reread my original posting until you
understand it.

	Lastly, there are a lot of accepted standards on the net that
has English turning over in its grave.  In what English text would you
see valid forms such as:

	(1) ":-)" as a form of punctuation.
	(2) CAPITALIZATION of whole words for emphasis.
	(3) *this sort of thing* for emphasis.

	I agree.  Why don't you go jump in a lake!  (Included so that
this article could be posted in this newsgroup).

				-- Chris