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Subject:Re: ADMIN: Why's the Listowner a Jerk?* From:JIMCHEVAL -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:00:41 EDT
In a message dated 98-08-16 14:34:49 EDT, janesbit -at- HOTMAIL -dot- COM writes:
<< I usually found that our weakest
teachers were the ones so engrossed in this kind of trivia. I've also
discovered in my brief career as a technical writer that the same
principal holds for them as well--the weakest writer on the staff is
ALWAYS the one to focus strictly on the mundane and trivial spelling a
grammatical errors.
If someone can't figure out numerous ways to spell things or to express
things, they aren't that creative. >>
Didn't Emerson cover this already?
All together now:
"A petty consistency is...."
(Hey, you in the back, you were off a half-beat. Yeah, you with the tie that
doesn't match.
Look, people, these things are IMPORTANT!)
