Grammar WAS [at-l] Memorial Day Weekend

[optimyst at gmail.com (Richard C Evans)]

Period after the first grammatical?

Hi Nina.  It's been a long time!

Happy trails,

Solar Bear

On 6/4/05, Nina <infpeace@gmail.com> wrote:
> P.S. Brownie points to the first person to find the punctuation error in my
> last post. ;-)
> 
> On 6/4/05, Nina <infpeace@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Heh ... I never, ever, ever correct people's grammar unless they ask ...
> > and it helps if they're paying me to do it. :)
> >  I once saw a sign in a coffee shop that advertised writing and editing
> > services. It had a snooty tone and was obviously written by an English
> > major-type who was well aware of her superiority in all things grammatical
> > (I know the type well. I once fit that mold myself.) But, while the
> > advertisement had no grammatical errors, I had to laugh at the section where
> > she had written that she could "correct all mispelled words."
> >  Waterfall
> >
> >  On 6/4/05, Robert <infinity1plus1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Your post shows that we all make mistakes. Honestly, I was just making
> > > the same point that you did and with fewer errors. :P lol <<< not
> > > grammatically correct
> > >
> > > refusing to use grammar punctuation or sentence structure not no more
> > > and speling is owt the windough 2
> > >
> > > that guy <thatguy.fehchet@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > "Your own correction is incorrect." (this sentence works)
> > >
> > > "Before editing someone else's post, you might want to check your own
> > > work." (this sentence does not work)
> > >
> > > "You may want to check your own work before editing someones post."
> > > (this works)
> > >
> > > I'm not trying to be a turd. The above is basic High School English
> > > sentence structure. I gave up years ago correcting people's sentence
> > > structures conveyed through the Internet. I'm happy when I can understand
> > > what a person has to say, instead of being horrified at dangling modifiers,
> > > or etc.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/4/05, Robert <infinity1plus1@yahoo.com> wrote: Your own correction
> > > is incorrect. Before editing someone else's post, you might want to check
> > > your own work.
> > >
> > > Carol Donaldson <carol1944@brmemc.net> wrote:
> > > If your reading this in English, thank a teacher.
> > > If your reading this in America, thank a soldier.
> > >
> > > Onestep
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > The English is not grammatically correct, dear.
> > >
> > > If you are reading this in English . . . or If you're reading this in
> > > English . . .
> > > If you are reading this in American . . . or If you're reading this in
> > > America . . .
> > >
> > > My Mom has a degree in English from Auburn University and taught in the
> > > public school system in Maryland for about 25 years.
> > >
> > > Coosa
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