From: Jim Harris (JIM.HARRIS@xx.STATE.xx.US)
To: Staff@attrition.org
Cc: Jim Harris (JIM.HARRIS@xx.STATE.xx.US)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:47:06 -0500
Subject: I like your philosophy, but ...

.. in order to present a more professional image, you 
just might want to run a spell / grammar checker on your 
stuff.  They would have caught, for example, the two 
errors in one sentence on your home page in "... our 
independance and thus adversly affect the neutrality ...".

IHTH

Regards,

Jim

Opinions I express are not necessarily xx xxxx
James R. Harris, xx xx OIRM, Data Administration

From: Small Grey 
To: Jim Harris (JIM.HARRIS@xx.STATE.xx.US)
Cc: Staff@attrition.org
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 10:14:38 -0400
Subject: Re: I like your philosophy, but ...

Jim Harris [JIM.HARRIS@xx.STATE.xx.US]
 staggered from the flesh-eating rain and gurgled:

: .. in order to present a more professional image, you just 
  ^^
  |
  +---> improper ellipsis; an ellipsis 
        should be spaced like so: ". . ."

  We're not trying to put on professional airs, but misspelled
words and bad grammar do grate us so.

: might want to run a spell / grammar checker on your stuff.  They 
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^                         ^^^^
                           |                                  |
                           |   "These" <----------------------+
                           |
                           +-----> "spell-checker and
                                    grammar-checker"

: would have caught, for example, the two errors in one sentence on 
  ^^^^^
      |
      +----------------------> "might" 

  Error of logic: running a spell-checker and grammar-checker 
doesn't always preclude an error of spelling and grammar.

: your home page in "... our independance and thus adversly affect 
                     ^^^
                     |
                     +---> improper ellipsis, see above.

: the neutrality ...".
                 ^^^^^
                 |   |
                 |   +--> The period belongs inside the quotation mark.
                 |
                 +--> improper ellipsis, see above.
Which page?

Thanks for the professional advice,

munge

PS- I don't pretend to adhere to these standards in email.  I felt 
    you were fair game since you offered professional advice for 
    grammar and spelling usage ;-)

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"It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold"
Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur"

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