People do have varying expectations on the quality of communications
depending on the source. The worst verbal presentation I ever heard was
delivered by a man who had a long list of Toastmaster awards. Knowing that
made it even worse. /jmac
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Chris Barker
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:23 AM
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Subject: [OM] Re: 8 MP Champ
There's only one way to describe this post of yours Winsor: disarming
...;-)
I agree that a DIY website, especially one that provides so much useful
information pretty well free, is allowed to make mistakes in the rush
to serve its audience. British newspapers are some of the worst
offenders, but The Independent has its own "QC" editor, Guy Kelleny,
who reports all the solecisms that he has spotted during the week. I
learn from many of his comments.
;-)
Chris
On 5 Jan 2005, at 17:51, Winsor Crosby wrote:
> Not at all. I realize that punctuation and usage is a particular
> interest of yours.
>
> I am less picky with web sites which are essentially do-it-yourself
> projects by individuals. What irritates me is to see the same thing in
> newspapers or to hear bad usage from the mouths of speakers with
> multi-million dollar salaries on television news programs with huge
> budgets. And, of course, as an American I know less about English.
>
>
>
> Winsor
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