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Subject:Re: photo of vanagon fire: illiteracy
From:Jeff Lincoln
Date:Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:20:53 -0500

I agree it's spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure.
However, we also have to consider each of us has our own strengths.

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Its not just spelling Jeff, but the complete lack of structure in peoples'
> emails.
>
> There are a couple of Listees here whose posts I simply skip because of the
> lack of rhythm and structure.
>
> I'm sure I'm missing out on some good information but ......
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:45 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > > >>>
> > > Great caption:  "your`e fired"
> > > Let us take a moment to pray for our education system.
> > >
> > >
> > > It's not just the US. Proper spelling and grammar are not taught
> anywhere
> > > these days. No wonder so many on this list (for instance) are
> illiterate.
> > >
> >
> > Uhhh, you'd be amazed at how many CEO's and other "highly educated" folks
> > can't spell worth a damn. Or figure out how to use their telephone. I
> once
> > worked for a company that had a VP who flew the SR-71 Blackbird cross
> > country, yet he couldn't figure out the feature buttons on his telephone.
> I
> > think a lot of it has to do with most of us "older" folks never really
> > learned to type. When I was in high school (70's) only girls took
> typing-now
> > ALL kids take it, but it's now called "keyboarding". My old ISP
> (Earthlink)
> > the email program did an automatic spell check before sending. Not so
> with
> > Comcast.     Jeff
> >
>
>
>
> --
>  Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>

--
Thanks,

Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
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