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Why does Tom Sherman keep changing subject headings?
On Dec 6, 10:37*pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
"JimmyMac" wrote in message ... On Dec 6, 6:42 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] You can say that because you have no respect for the reader. Mr. Sherman and I do which is why we take pains with getting things right. You can say that because you assume incorrectly. *Respect for the reader has nothing to do with any of this. *I just don't type as well as I used to and the remainder can be attributed to oversight. It is not oversight, it is sloppiness. Didn't those Jesuits teach you anything? [...] As you know, I've a lot more important things on my mind than typos. I've seen you make typos and overlooked them as oversight. Yuo'd think that you could extent me the same courtesy. Didn't mama teach you anything? Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Why does Tom Sherman keep changing subject headings?
"JimmyMac" wrote in message
... On Dec 6, 10:37 pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote: "JimmyMac" wrote in message ... On Dec 6, 6:42 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] You can say that because you have no respect for the reader. Mr. Sherman and I do which is why we take pains with getting things right. You can say that because you assume incorrectly. Respect for the reader has nothing to do with any of this. I just don't type as well as I used to and the remainder can be attributed to oversight. It is not oversight, it is sloppiness. Didn't those Jesuits teach you anything? [...] As you know, I've a lot more important things on my mind than typos. I've seen you make typos and overlooked them as oversight. Yuo'd think that you could extent [extend] me the same courtesy. Didn't mama teach you anything? My typos are few and far between. Yours aren't. Always use your spell check. It will catch things that we are blind to. For instance, if you had used your spell check it would have caught Yuo'd and changed it to You'd. I don't think Google Groups has a spell check, but you can download a free one that will work on any website. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Why does Tom Sherman keep changing subject headings?
On Dec 9, 7:09*am, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
"JimmyMac" wrote in message ... On Dec 6, 10:37 pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote: "JimmyMac" wrote in message ... On Dec 6, 6:42 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] You can say that because you have no respect for the reader. Mr. Sherman and I do which is why we take pains with getting things right. You can say that because you assume incorrectly. Respect for the reader has nothing to do with any of this. I just don't type as well as I used to and the remainder can be attributed to oversight. It is not oversight, it is sloppiness. Didn't those Jesuits teach you anything? [...] As you know, I've a lot more important things on my mind than typos. I've seen you make typos and overlooked them as oversight. *Yuo'd think that you could extent [extend] me the same courtesy. *Didn't mama teach you anything? My typos are few and far between. Yours aren't. Always use your spell check. It will catch things that we are blind to. For instance, if you had used your spell check it would have caught Yuo'd and changed it to You'd. I don't think Google Groups has a spell check, but you can download a free one that will work on any website. The fact is that I hate it when I make mistakes, especially publicly. I have even been know to correct typos after the fact in a subsequent post to that they will not continue to be propagated throughout the entire thread. Like I previously indicated, my Firefox browser had a built in spellchecker. It underlines typos with a dotted red line, but I don't think it's infallible though. What I've noticed is that I have become somewhat dyslexic and also drop the final letter sometimes when I type. There are some words that I have developed typo muscle memory and will type incorrectly every time. Regardless, communication is more important than an occasional typo. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Why does Tom Sherman keep changing subject headings?
"JimmyMac" wrote in message
... On Dec 9, 7:09 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] My typos are few and far between. Yours aren't. Always use your spell check. It will catch things that we are blind to. For instance, if you had used your spell check it would have caught Yuo'd and changed it to You'd. I don't think Google Groups has a spell check, but you can download a free one that will work on any website. The fact is that I hate it when I make mistakes, especially publicly. I have even been know to correct typos after the fact in a subsequent post to that they will not continue to be propagated throughout the entire thread. Like I previously indicated, my Firefox browser had a built in spellchecker. It underlines typos with a dotted red line, but I don't think it's infallible though. What I've noticed is that I have become somewhat dyslexic and also drop the final letter sometimes when I type. There are some words that I have developed typo muscle memory and will type incorrectly every time. Regardless, communication is more important than an occasional typo. Agreed! We all make plenty of mistakes (except for Tom Sherman of course). I usually see my mistakes after I have posted, but since this is Usenet I never bother to make any corrections. The most amazing thing is that almost everything is readable no matter how many mistakes are made. Here is a program which I haven't used yet but I am thinking about it for the Firefox browser. It is free and I think it would work on the Google Groups website if you are using Firefox. http://firefox.afterthedeadline.com/ About the typo muscle memory thing, I have never yet been able to type "the" correctly, at least not the first time. It always comes out "teh". There are dozens of simple connective words that I learned how to spell in 1st grade, but that I can never type correctly. Very mysterious! Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Why does Tom Sherman keep changing subject headings?
On Dec 9, 8:48*am, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
"JimmyMac" wrote in message ... On Dec 9, 7:09 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] My typos are few and far between. Yours aren't. Always use your spell check. It will catch things that we are blind to. For instance, if you had used your spell check it would have caught Yuo'd and changed it to You'd. I don't think Google Groups has a spell check, but you can download a free one that will work on any website. The fact is that I hate it when I make mistakes, especially publicly. I have even been known to correct typos after the fact in a subsequent post to that they will not continue to be propagated throughout the entire thread. Like I previously indicated, my Firefox browser has a built in spellchecker. *It underlines typos with a dotted red line, but I don't think it's infallible though. *What I've noticed is that I have become somewhat dyslexic and also drop the final letter sometimes when I type. *There are some words that I have developed typo muscle memory and will type incorrectly every time. *Regardless, communication is more important than an occasional typo. Agreed! We all make plenty of mistakes (except for Tom Sherman of course).. I usually see my mistakes after I have posted, but since this is Usenet I never bother to make any corrections. The most amazing thing is that almost everything is readable no matter how many mistakes are made. AND ,one of the mistakes I made was to state that Firefox had a built in spell checker when in fact it is my operating system that is doing the spell checking for all text entered including text entry using Google Groups. Of course ,words spelled correctly but incorrect in context (stat for stat, form for from, etc. ) slip right on through many a spell checker. Here is a program which I haven't used yet but I am thinking about it for the Firefox browser. It is free and I think it would work on the Google Groups website if you are using Firefox. http://firefox.afterthedeadline.com/ The firefox addon can be found here ... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/58947 It does look promising particularly since it apparently has a very accurate grammar and context checker as well. About the typo muscle memory thing, I have never yet been able to type "the" correctly, at least not the first time. It always comes out "teh". There are dozens of simple connective words that I learned how to spell in 1st grade, but that I can never type correctly. Very mysterious! I have a number of words that I can spell but not type correctly on the first try, inverting letters dropping and adding letters, etc. I find it very frustrating that somehow the signals sent from the brain to the fingers get jumbled along the way. I had to go back and make six corrections in the few sentences comprising this paragraph. Jim Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Why does Tom Sherman keep changing subject headings?
"JimmyMac" wrote in message
... On Dec 9, 8:48 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] About the typo muscle memory thing, I have never yet been able to type "the" correctly, at least not the first time. It always comes out "teh". There are dozens of simple connective words that I learned how to spell in 1st grade, but that I can never type correctly. Very mysterious! I have a number of words that I can spell but not type correctly on the first try, inverting letters dropping and adding letters, etc. I find it very frustrating that somehow the signals sent from the brain to the fingers get jumbled along the way. I had to go back and make six corrections in the few sentences comprising this paragraph. I think all of the above is normal for most folks. What I wonder is whether Tom Sherman ever has these difficulties. His posts are invariably letter perfect, even when they are overly complicated in sentence structure. He could easily be an editor for any publication in the country. I could too, but it would be hard work for me. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Why does Tom Sherman keep changing subject headings?
On Dec 9, 8:22*pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
"JimmyMac" wrote in message ... On Dec 9, 8:48 am, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] About the typo muscle memory thing, I have never yet been able to type "the" correctly, at least not the first time. It always comes out "teh". There are dozens of simple connective words that I learned how to spell in 1st grade, but that I can never type correctly. Very mysterious! I have a number of words that I can spell but not type correctly on the first try, inverting letters dropping and adding letters, etc. *I find it very frustrating that somehow the signals sent from the brain to the fingers get jumbled along the way. *I had to go back and make six corrections in the few sentences comprising this paragraph. I think all of the above is normal for most folks. What I wonder is whether Tom Sherman ever has these difficulties. His posts are invariably letter perfect, even when they are overly complicated in sentence structure. He could easily be an editor for any publication in the country. I could too, but it would be hard work for me. Normal for most folks I am sure. If Tom does not share such difficulties he likely will as he grows older. I to would make a good editor I feel, but I would struggle at it simple because it is a tedious job. As concerns ADT, I left out ... anemia, depression, and weight gain. The list of adverse side effects is grim. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Why does Tom Sherman keep changing subject headings?
"JimmyMac" wrote in message ... On Dec 9, 8:22 pm, "Edward Dolan" wrote: [...] I think all of the above is normal for most folks. What I wonder is whether Tom Sherman ever has these difficulties. His posts are invariably letter perfect, even when they are overly complicated in sentence structure. He could easily be an editor for any publication in the country. I could too, but it would be hard work for me. Normal for most folks I am sure. If Tom does not share such difficulties he likely will as he grows older. I too would make a good editor I feel, but I would struggle at it simply because it is a tedious job. Yes, to have to be 100% correct means that you have a tremendous capacity for tedium. It is not for a dilettante like me. As concerns ADT, I left out ... anemia, depression, and weight gain. The list of adverse side effects is grim. Check the adverse side effects of any medication on the market, even aspirin, and you will see much the same thing. Such adverse effects mostly never occur except in rare cases. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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Why do people cut down trees to make tree forts?
On 12/9/2010 8:22 PM, Edward Dolan wrote:
[...] I think all of the above is normal for most folks. What I wonder is whether Tom Sherman ever has these difficulties. His posts are invariably letter perfect, even when they are overly complicated in sentence structure. He could easily be an editor for any publication in the country. I could too, but it would be hard work for me. Well, I am paid to do both technical writing (engineering deliverables), and to review (edit) the technical writing of others. -- Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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