Re: Another point in etiquette: proof-read yourself!

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Wendy Lowe (wlowe@tecsult.com)
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:48:14 -0400 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:48:14 -0400
From: Wendy Lowe <wlowe@tecsult.com>
Subject: Re: Another point in etiquette: proof-read yourself!

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I found this message interesting because in the research and work I have done in
CMC one thing that was stressed was that the communications are conversations,
therefore, strict spelling and grammar was less important than the ideas (not to
even mention typos).

Am I missing something here?

Wendy Lowe

Ruddy Lelouche a écrit:

> Excuse me, I am not the list moderator, but I am tired to have to, mentally
> or physically, edit messages full of typing or orthographic mistakes,
> incomplete sentences, meaningless punctuations, etc. Most of us are
> educators, and we could (and in my opinion should) output opinions or
> essays (as the case may be) in a more legible way, were it only for the
> reader's sake. Can the contributors proof-read their prose before sending
> it to us, please? Thanks.

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