Robert Klute wrote:

> Cute, but no less cute and flippant than my reply to your statement that
> I am not a teacher. I do not claim to be a teacher, although I was an
> instructor at the local community college for a couple of years.

I was making a point. It isn't anyone's job, nor is it particularly
useful to go around correcting spelling and grammar on usenet, unless
it's to the point where the post in incomprehensible.


> I am also not an English major and I make my fair share of grammatical
> errors. Still, it irks me when technical people blow off imprecise use
> of the language.

Time and place. I do object to and correct poor language use in
documents and presentations at work (I'm an engineer), because such
errors are unprofessional.




Brian Rodenborn