Re: Capital !
Hapworth2 (Hapworth2@aol.com)
Sat, 24 Jan 1998 11:47:50 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 98-01-23 02:53:37 EST, you write:
<< Besides, I came in second in the seventh grade spelling bee and have always
been
proud of my ability to spell correctly. (Though I will confess, my browser
(Netscape Communicator 4.04) has spellcheck which I always run before sending
a
post. Basically because I always imagine someone on the list reading my posts
and thinking to themselves "How can I follow his train of thought and take
him
seriously when I'm paying attention to all of his mistakes?" For you
youngsters
on the list may I point out that the older you get, the more you'll start to
realize that other people do think like that. So if you fully believe that
you
have something worth saying and you wish to communicate as well as you can,
you
may as well take care of the necessities first before you just make a fool
out
of yourself. >>
OOPS, MR. LAWRENCE, I BELIEVE YOU FORGOT TO CLOSE YOUR PARENTHESIS. SO NOW
THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT NOBODY IS PERFECT, AND YOU SO DILIGENTLY DISPROVED
YOUR POINT BY MERELY STATING IT, LETS GIVE IT ALL A REST. I CONGRADULATE YOU
ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SECOND GRADE. I MYSELF, BEING SO TERRIBLY GIFTED
IN ALL ASPECTS, HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A LOUSY SPELLER. I HAVE, HOWEVER, FOUND AN
OUTLET TO MY HEART-BREAKING MISSPELLERMANSHIP. I TRY NOT TO NOTICE. INSTEAD
OF READING A PAPER LOOKING FOR THE MISTAKES, I READ A PAPER FOR ITS MEANING.
YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME, IT'S GREAT, YOU GET ALL THE STUFF YOU WANT OUT OF
THE PAPER AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ANYTHING.
-NOAH