Re: Grammar? YES!

[John David Hickey <jdavid -at- FARABI -dot- COM>]

Greetings!

>>Have you had your work reviewed by a professional editor?
>Professional (i.e., someone who had the title), no.  However, I often
>hand-off my output to an administrative assistant type for minor
>editing.

Then you might like to try handing your documents to a professional editor
(with title). Make sure your natural grasp of grammar is as firm as you
believe it is.

>If you have a proper
>understanding of the mechanics, you can be a better of judge of knowing
>when to bend the rules to fit your particular situations.  If you don't,
>then you'll just be shooting in the dark hoping that you'llhit the
>target but never really sure if you did.
>Again, even with my limit knowledge of grammar, I can not recall a
>single instance in which grammar was an obstacle.

If you don't know you're making a mistake, how would you know if grammar is
an obstacle or not. And, by the way, the proper construction is "limited
knowledge".

May be this is a joke post or not. It's just got my Irish up, I guess. <g>
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Be seeing you,

Dave
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