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09/14/07 06:07
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 		 #144610 - It is for the benefit of non-native English users
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Those who use the English as a vehicle for communicating with those who also use it for that purpose, I mean, that we who <should> know the proper syntax, grammar, and orthography, and that's more than just spelling, but literally, Rechtschreiben (look it up!) in my native tongue, take great pains to use our English correctly, and at least TRY to present our assertions as well as we can.

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Wednesday Poll            01/01/70 00:00      
   Hey            01/01/70 00:00      
      Re: Hey            01/01/70 00:00      
      Hey yourself            01/01/70 00:00      
      FYI: anthropomorphic metaphor            01/01/70 00:00      
         isn't a metaphor inherently anthropomorphic?            01/01/70 00:00      
            No.            01/01/70 00:00      
            Quite the opposite            01/01/70 00:00      
               E.L.O.            01/01/70 00:00      
   I vote to make it clear            01/01/70 00:00      
   Communicate as best you can            01/01/70 00:00      
   it's the other way round            01/01/70 00:00      
      not your problem as much as some            01/01/70 00:00      
      Online Dictionary recommendation            01/01/70 00:00      
         troubles with dictionaries            01/01/70 00:00      
            Indubitably            01/01/70 00:00      
   Please no >dumbing it down<...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Steve's English            01/01/70 00:00      
         Hmm            01/01/70 00:00      
         Dumbing Down            01/01/70 00:00      
            Well said            01/01/70 00:00      
               Historically...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Latest version            01/01/70 00:00      
               one might try FIREFOX            01/01/70 00:00      
                  ... or any other program with a spellchecker...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Quite right, too!            01/01/70 00:00      
                        OK, I'll try to remember it ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Spell checker            01/01/70 00:00      
                     You get what you pay for ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     firefox            01/01/70 00:00      
                  except for ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     There are often reasons ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        No exceptions            01/01/70 00:00      
                           SO, how would you do it?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              thusly            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Eh?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Example            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Not a plural of a contraction, ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Joke            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Joke            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                I had no problem with understanding...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Consonant hog            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Y'all is NOT plural            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          re: not a plural            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             One thing I've always wanted to know            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                It's kind of like porridge ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                ..the hell            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   What's a grit?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Contraction            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       What? What? Is somebody in labor?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          the problem with rules ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             future shock            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Well, that's what I get for trying be serious            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Irony of life            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Confucious he says...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Whiskers            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      Imagine            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         RE: Imagine            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 re: Thusly            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Never say "never".            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Plurals' possessions?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Possessives of plurals            01/01/70 00:00      
               Beta version?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Middle English. is dead easy, ....            01/01/70 00:00      
                  That was...            01/01/70 00:00      
      besides 8051            01/01/70 00:00      
   Isn\'t it amazing            01/01/70 00:00      
      Gallup we ain't            01/01/70 00:00      
         It is for the benefit of non-native English users            01/01/70 00:00      
            Try            01/01/70 00:00      
   practise?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Practice            01/01/70 00:00      
         Thanks.            01/01/70 00:00      
      Firefox isn't always right ...            01/01/70 00:00      

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