(reallly off topic to Korn)
David Flandry errancy@infidels.org
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:29:20 -0400 (00929064560, 006801beb40f$2a926960$37004d0c@oemcomputer)
Original Message
From: David Flandry, d.flandry@worldnet.att.net
To: <errancy@infidels.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999
Subject: Re: (reallly off topic to Korn)
> >DAVID K
> >Please, Terry, stop! (1) "Not that I know of" is no complete sentence, and no
sub-clause will make it one.
> >(2) "there was at least once" is a grammatical abomination, and utterly
>incorrect.
> >(3) The past tense of the verb " to counsel" is "counseled" or
> >"counselled."
> >(4) The entire paragraph above lacks in linguistic elegance. (<-- Irony
>achieved through extreme understatement.)
> >
> >
> >
> >TERRY
> >Who in the Hell said I was writing it for linguistic elegance? I am not
>in this for "linguistic elegance." Damn linguistic elegance! This is not >an
English class; this is the errancy list. I am sure you had no problem
>understanding what I said. If you did, then STOP reading my post; it's >that
simple. Once you do that, you will no longer be disturbed by my lack >of
linguistic elegance. At least I know how to spell my own name.
>
> Swerl
> Terry, this is an errancy list? Wow, thanks for pointing that out to me. Now
I can to look forward to your errancy/inerrancy posts in the future. Right?
> Squirrel
> " When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
> Live so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice"
> The Gospel of Squirrel
>
David Flandry:
Terry doesn't understand that an occasional grammatical
error or mispelled word is not a big deal, but when its the norm
for someone it reduces the effectiveness of communication.
In addition it makes them a great target. He also does not
understand that the purpose of an English class is to help us
write better, not just make it through the class
makes the person a great target.