Re: Ping Kevin Aylward - re your "scientific paper"

From: Don Pearce (donald_at_pearce.uk.com)
Date: 09/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:06:13 GMT

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 20:02:23 +0200, "Frank Bemelman"
<f.bemelmanx@xs4all.invalid.nl> wrote:

>"Kevin Aylward" <salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> schreef in bericht
>news:FNZ2d.25448$U04.22697@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>
>> Kind words, but misplaced. Look, I know when I read something whether or
>> not it makes sense or not. The issue is that I am preoccupied with the
>> *content*, so I rush through the more inconsequential things. Even after
>> an offending piece is pointed out, a dyslexic still wont know why
>> something doesn't make good grammatical sense. I do.
>
>I agree with that. Speed, fatigue sometimes, contributes to making
>spelling errors. Speed often leads to skipping letters or entire words.
>That doesn't make you an imbecile who can't write. I often make errors
>with word that sound more or less equal. Like to & too, or it's and its.
>
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>
>

That would certainly be true for something dashed off quickly, like a
Usenet post, but not for a web page that has doubtless gone through
several revisions before publishing.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com