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Subject:Re: (Zachary) tayloring (Rant/Long) From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- SOUNDY -dot- ORG> Date:Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:31:17 -0800
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:48:34 -0800, Jan Boomsliter wrote:
>Please help us show how good we are, not what we "dash off without checking." A
>large part of our job is checking, checking, checking. Let's show our stuff.
Amen, Sister!
I fear my last post may have come off a bit arrogant at one point (ie. "I
didn't have to use a spellchecker, so nyah") -- it wasn't meant to be. My
overall point was the same as Jan's. USE a spellchecker, grammarchecker,
and online thesaurus if you need to. Just remember that every post you
make is a sample of your work.
I don't think it can get much clearer than that: every post you make is a
sample of your work.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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