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> 

> > NIELSEN

> > [grammatical hints]

> > 

> > TILL

> > Thank you, Ralph.  Thank you!   I've just about gritted my teeth down

to

> > nothing on some of these.  I would add one thing to what you have said.

> > "Yours," 'hers," "ours," and "theirs" should all be written without the

> > apostrophe, because apostrophes are not used to shown possession in

personal

> > pronouns.

> 

> KOLLER

> I can understand how "improper" use of grammar could cause some of you

> to grit your teeth, but I gave up being grammatically correct long ago. 

> Does being grammatically incorrect, make it impossible for you to

> understand what I am saying.  If not, then I would rather concentrate on

> content than grammar.  It is like when people  correct a spoken word. 

> Well, in order to correct it, you must have known what I meant to say;

> and if you knew what I meant to say, then why all the fuss?

> 

> -- 

> =====================================================================

>  Michael Koller, BS Computer Engineering, Penn State University


I won't speak for anyone but myself, but when I hear someone speak
improperly, my opinion of that person's intelligence and education level,
and thus their subsequent credibility, drops.  It may not be fair, or
always accurate, but, in general, it seems to be fairly predictive of
intelligence and education.  And I just can't take someone seriously if
they can't speak (reasonably) properly, although the odd "irregardless"
isn't that big of a deal.

April

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