

| 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) '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
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