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

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Johanna Dold (jod@us.net)
Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:34:49 -0400 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:34:49 -0400
From: Johanna Dold <jod@us.net>
Subject: Re: Another point in etiquette: proof-read yourself!

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Wow! This makes me hesitant to contribute. If there is an error it is not
purposeful. We are all busy and my need is to communicate and be communicated
with. I would hope that all of us might be more proactive when reading each others'
communications.

Johanna Dold
Lafayette ES

Wendy Lowe wrote:

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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
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> Ruddy Lelouche a écrit:
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> > 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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