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From: slf@teddy.UUCP (Scott Fisher)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Copyright violations: Prose guidelines.
Message-ID: <720@teddy.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 10:11:07 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 22 10:11:07 1984
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With all the postings about spelling being posted for the last 4 weeks,
do we realy need more? If people haven't gotten the message by now they
just aren't interested enough. I suggest you 6th grade spelling and
grammer teachers send your critiques and complaints by mail.

The following is form an article in net.announce.newusers
[              A Primer on How to Work With the USENET Community
[                        Chuq Von Rospach (nsc!chuqui)
[ Subject: A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
[ Message-ID: <350@cbosgd.UUCP>
[ Date: Sun, 30-Sep-84 18:52:37 EDT
[ Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus

[                      Spelling Flames Considered Harmful

[  Every few months a plague descends on USENET called the spelling flame.
[  It starts out when someone posts an article correcting the spelling or
[  grammar in some article.  The immediate result seems to be for everyone on
[  the net to turn into a 6th grade English teacher and pick each other's
[  postings apart for a few weeks.  This is not productive and tends to cause
[  people who used to be friends to get angry at each other.

[  It is important to remember that we all make mistakes, and that there are
[  many users on the net who use English as a second language.  If you feel
[  that you must make a comment on the quality of a posting, please do so by
[  mail, not on the network.
[ (*)UNIX is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories.


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