Re: Grammar-Spelling

["dgiff245" <dgiff245@home.com>]

Well said. I very seldom have comments. I know us Sinclairs like to discuss
an item till it is rendered picked completely apart. May now that we have
all had our say we can get on to History, Geography, or cousins of interest
to searchers. Good night.
Dorothy Gifford

--- Original Message -----
From: <Plumpett@aol.com>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: Grammar-Spelling


> Fellow list members ---
>
> In deciding whether to enter the discussion on the subject of this message
,
> I was
> prompted to respond by my own experience when a guest for an extensive
period
> of
> time of the French Government and also when living as the guest of a
French
> family .
>
> Although my 11 traveling companions at the time  were variously Portugese
,
> Danish , American , French- Canadian , English -Canadian and Puerto Rican
,
> never once did one of them exibit a lack of good manners and proper
> upbringing by " critiquing " anothers fluency in their native or a
"learned
> " language , even in jest !!
>
> Never in those many weeks in Germany , France , the Azores or Switzerland
,
> did a native German , Swiss or admittedly linguistically sensitve
Frenchman

> or woman } crtiticise my French or German { or my native English either
for
> that matter } !
>
> I will also readily admit that I cannot type nor does my version of AOL

> America On-Line version 3.0 ) have a resident spelling or grammar checking
> feature !!!
>
> I cannot help but hold in the highest regard those list members who
attempt ,
> always rather successfully, to communicate in English for the convenience
of
> others on the list .
>
> It would be rather amusing to see the reaction of some of the would be
> "critics " , if each posting was in the native language of the sender and
> required an educated
>  ( and grammatically correct ) response to be submitted in the same
language
> !!
>
> If a list member cannot , at a minimum , praise, admire and learn from the
> contributions of other list members , perhaps they can at least exibit the
> decency to honor our mutual host , John Quarterman and not insult his
other
> guests on the list ???
>
> Highest regards to all ,
>
> Joe Greigg
>
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