On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:27:50 GMT, Default User
> wrote:

>Robert Klute wrote:
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>> Funny, a mathematician would never let me get away with 2 X 3 = 5, and
>> would point out that either the answer is 6 or I meant + not X. In the
>> written language spelling and grammar are rules that allow for clear,
>> understandable communication of the written word. Perhaps if you slept
>> less during English class you would be less misunderstood.
>
>
>There's a difference. If I say, "the correct form of possessive is
>it's," then you have a perfect right to point out the error. Just having
>made a grammatical or spelling error in a post is not a reason to
>generate such a response. These posts aren't school papers, and you
>aren't a teacher.

You is correct, I is a mathematician. As an aside, my response was a
response to a response about a response with an errant apostrophe, not
the reponse to the response with missing e.