Re: Some better college news for this day
Posted by Skywise on April 18, 2007 at 22:24:34:

In an informal environment like these forums I can accept grammar not being the best. Not everyone majored in English. It just peeves me when I read stuff that is supposed to be written by professionals that just reeks with errors.

I read articles on space.com on a daily basis. If I were to write the authors to point out their errors, I'd be writing at least 1 email per day. And I don't mean silly things like to/too/two. Not even spelling errors - obviously they use a spell checker.

Actually, what I read reminds me of printed text that has been scanned and converted with OCR software, and nobody bothered to proofread it.

Or, it could be the spell checker, except that the user isn't checking to see if the spell checker is making the right guess.

Anyway, sorry to ramble on about this. I'm a Capricorn. :)

Brian


Follow Ups:
     ● Afghanistan, China, Mexico, and Turkey Earthquakes Added April 4, 2007 - EQF  03:21:55 - 4/6/2007  (65336)  (0)
     ● Re: Afghanistan Earthquake April 4, 2007 - Roger Hunter  23:53:40 - 4/4/2007  (65227)  (1)
        ● Re: Afghanistan Earthquake April 4, 2007 - EQF  22:45:15 - 4/5/2007  (65320)  (1)
           ● Re: Afghanistan Earthquake April 4, 2007 - Roger Hunter  07:45:28 - 4/6/2007  (65362)  (1)
              ● How the forecasting program works - EQF  01:23:08 - 4/7/2007  (65430)  (1)
                 ● Re: How the forecasting program works - Roger Hunter  08:06:09 - 4/7/2007  (65443)  (1)
                    ● Re: How the forecasting program works - EQF  01:10:45 - 4/8/2007  (65491)  (1)
                       ● Another Important Breakthrough April 8, 2007 - EQF  04:49:18 - 4/8/2007  (65504)  (1)
                          ● Re: Another Important Breakthrough April 8, 2007 - Roger Hunter  09:07:27 - 4/8/2007  (65513)  (2)
                             ● Re: Another Important Breakthrough April 8, 2007 - EQF  23:23:45 - 4/8/2007  (65538)  (1)
                                ● Re: Another Important Breakthrough April 8, 2007 - Roger Hunter  00:07:42 - 4/9/2007  (65549)  (1)
                                   ● Re: Another Important Breakthrough April 8, 2007 - EQF  05:03:43 - 4/9/2007  (65569)  (0)
                             ● Not a total loss - Roger Hunter  18:26:27 - 4/8/2007  (65522)  (0)
     ● Re: Some better college news for this day - Cathryn  23:17:51 - 4/18/2007  (65212)  (2)
        ● Re: Insurance Question--All - Steve  02:47:23 - 4/5/2007  (65238)  (1)
           ● Re: Insurance Question--All - Mike Williams in Arroyo Grande  06:55:19 - 4/5/2007  (65251)  (1)
              ● $186,000 + 25% - Glen  19:41:04 - 4/5/2007  (65307)  (1)
                 ● Re: $186,000 + 25% - Cathryn  19:56:36 - 4/5/2007  (65309)  (1)
                    ● 15% Deductable-$27,000 up front - Glen  21:46:56 - 4/5/2007  (65316)  (1)
                       ● Re: 15% Deductable-$27,000 up front - Cathryn  13:21:28 - 4/6/2007  (65378)  (1)
                          ● Re: 15% Deductable-$27,000 up front - heartland chris  14:32:24 - 4/6/2007  (65383)  (0)
        ● Re: Insurance Question--All - Steve  02:28:10 - 4/5/2007  (65234)  (1)
           ● Thanks Steve - Glen  06:06:23 - 4/5/2007  (65249)  (1)
              ● Things "appurtenant" - Tony  19:50:34 - 4/5/2007  (65308)  (0)