Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe so. But I can tell you that when I receive a job application, or a letter from some company trying to sell me something, with grammar or spelling errors, then the letter (or e-mail, as the case may be) go straight to the trash. If someone is too sloppy to proofread their stuff before sending it to me, than I am certainly not wasting my time reacting to it. Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Mar 12, 2010, at 11:12 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> I have heard this "bourgeois preoccupation" anecdote before. >> >> Yes, of course language evolves, and English probably more than most, but >> that >> does not mean that there are no rules. People who claim that are simply >> too >> lazy to learn and apply them. >> >> Nathan > > > There's grammar and there's etiquette and about the most rude thing you can > do is correct someone's etiquette . The second is correcting their grammar. > And the most ridiculous is correcting their spelling. > > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >