[Gllug] GLLUG grammar report Netiquette (still needs more work)

Gordon Joly gordon.joly at pobox.com
Tue Nov 26 14:02:15 UTC 2002



http://www.csam.montclair.edu/Docs/Users_guide/news.html


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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 apart each other's postings for a few weeks. This is not productive and tends to cause people who used to be friends to get angry with 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. There are also a number of people who suffer from dyslexia and who have difficulty noticing their spelling mistakes. If you feel that you must make a comment on the quality of a posting, please do so by mail, not on the network.

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