Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!fortune!brower From: brower@fortune.UUCP (Richard Brower) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Minor Catharsis Message-ID: <4357@fortune.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 17:55:24 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.4357 Posted: Thu Sep 27 17:55:24 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 07:12:53 EDT References: <319@ihu1e.UUCP> <1080@shark.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 31 From postnews Thu Sep 27 14:53:56 1984 Basically, this argument about spelling and grammer is indeed stupid. If you cannot use the language correctly, you cannot communicate your thoughts to other people efficiently. If I am reading an artical and run into a statement similar to "their going to" my reading has to come to a stop long enough for me to translate that statement into into the American English statement that was meant "they're going to". If you mean for your postings to excercises in the translation of nonsense into English, please note that in the subject line, so that I can skip the artical, if you cannot be bothered to be literate in your oun language, whatever you say has to be taken with a large grain of salt... because if you cannot express your thoughts in such a manner as to be understood without tranlation, it is extremely unlikely that you know what you think. Try typing commands into your computer that are spelled incorrectly, or use incorrect syntax. Does it work? Humans are much more versatile, and may be able to do some translation but the same concepts apply. This is not meant to apply to people who do not use English as their native toungue. In such a case, I would expect that they know how to use their native toungue correctly, and may make inadvertant mistakes in translating to English (and are being very kind to attempt that translation for us uncivilized folks who only speak one language). I keep a dictionary at my desk and use it frequently. Try it. Richard Brower Fortune Systems {ihnp4,ucbvax!amd,hpda,sri-unix,harpo}!fortune!brower