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Subject:RE: Friday Fun: What Pet Peeve makes you puke? From:Beth Agnew <Beth -dot- Agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:48:40 -0700
I set my sites on people who go to the wrong sight. UGH!!!
Pillorying is too good for them.
And if I hear another person say "nucular" I shall launch unclear weapons at
them. ;-)
--Beth
p.s. How come we don't make people write lines anymore?
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From: techwr-l-bounces+beth -dot- agnew=senecac -dot- on -dot- ca -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+beth -dot- agnew=senecac -dot- on -dot- ca -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com]On
Behalf Of Nuckols, Kenneth M
My question for the list is this: what is your personal pet peeve of a
misused, misspelled, or improper word choice, and what draconian measures
would you impose on the education
system to purge that error out of every grade-school student in any
English classroom?
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Presenting "Podcasting & Vidcasting: The Future of TechComm"
at the STC Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2 p.m. Wednesday May 10, 2006
Beth Agnew
Professor, Technical Communication
Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
Toronto, ON 416-491-5050 x3133 http://www.tinyurl.com/83u5u
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