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Subject:LIST Message Mistakes From:"Parker, Cassandra M. (EXCH)" <CMPARKER -at- INTERMEDIA -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 13 Nov 1997 09:44:04 -0500
John,
Thank you soooooooooooo very much. Your comment is appreciated. Even
though it wasn't directed to me, I totally agree. I have anywhere from
50-75 messages on a daily basis and you are right I zip in and out all
day as time permits, eventually getting through all by the end of the
day. When I see something I want to respond to I'm usually in the
middle of something else but will try and give a quick response.
And Nicole, I concur with John -- Don't worry about the mistakes as much
as getting your point across. Believe it or not I don't have a spell
checker on my system so I try to read over my message for errors but
that's usually all I can do.
Thanks again John,
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Cassandra M. Parker
Technical Writer
IS Solutions Delivery - Network Technology Applications
Tampa, Florida
mailto: CMParker -at- intermedia -dot- com
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>From: John Posada (work account)[SMTP:posada -at- FAXSAV -dot- COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 1997 5:08 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: need for technical writers program
>
>Nicole...
>
>Don't worry about it.
>
>One of the don't that most of us know is "Don't ridicule the grammar and
>spelling of contributors to the list." Those that do have too much time
>on their hands. Most people are zipping in and out of their mail reader
>in the middle of 20 other things throught the day. We aren't paid to
>produce the best email we possibly can. We are paid for our real job
>and use this list to help us with that job. Should we have to watch
>every character or word we type, we would never type a character or
>word. Do the best you can, get the message out and get back to the job
>in your real world.
>
>It wasn't you that made the embarrassing mistake.
>
>
>NICOLE CANTER wrote:
>>
>> I have obviously made an embarrassing mistake. Unfortunately, I noticed
>> the error after I sent the message. I also hate to admit that I am
>> guilty of relying on the spelling/grammar check. I would also like to
>
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