Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!whuxle!pyuxll!abnjh!u1100a!pyuxn!pyuxww!mhuxm!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uicsl!mather From: mather@uicsl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: The last word in spelling flames! - (nf) Message-ID: <5193@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 22:37:49 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5193 Posted: Fri Jan 27 22:37:49 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 02:48:33 EST Lines: 37 #R:cae780:-32700:uicsl:4300131:000:1950 uicsl!mather Jan 27 10:36:00 1984 Personaly (sp?) I find that most mispellings (sp?) are caused by a subconcious (sp?) desire to exibit (sp?) ones own inadiquisees (sp?). I also think that Wensday (sp?) is a lot harder to spell than Tusday (sp?). If I took the time and energy to exsamine (sp?) a dictionary for each and every word that I had douts (sp?) about, I would never get the stupid note writen (sp?). Bye the way, a freind of mine is and english Teacher and let me read some of her student's papers. I was shocked and bemused (sp?). "Why can't Jonny Write?" is certainly a good question. These papers were abolutely horrendous (sp?). Theses kids (high scool) had incomplete. Setences with missing verbs, misspelled (sp?) words, incorrect tences (sp?), no subjects. Then, my freind gave them a C grade. When I was in scool, I would have FLAGGED that course for that kind of writing. What a joke. My wife teaches legal writing hear at the University of Illinois (while she work on Master's of Law) and even the first year law students have a problem writing (to quote a student: "I won't need this class since I already know how to write" - my wife read his first brief and WHAMMY C- (the J.D.-to-be was rather upset!)) Anyway, the point is, correct speach (sp?) and writing are necessary for accurate comunication, but "C-lint" type of syntax (sp?)/grammer checking on notes here is a bit absurd. Why should anyone read a note about tailgating, or wombats take the energy to point out that "it should be "they're" and not there or their". I know, I know, they want everyone to know that they DIDN'T get a Ph.D in English but THEY know about such things. Rant rant rant, rage rage rage, flame flame flame. Question: What was the name of the Fantastic Four character that created this newsgroup? B.C.Mather (Le Maitre) uiucdcs!uicsl!mather