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kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com wrote:
> I don't really get the idea of trying to prove one person "cares"
more
> about communication than another.
That's not what I wrote (on a different thread, by the way).
To me, anybody's presence on this
> list proves their interest and committment to communication.
Then grammar is not subservient to "message." Both content and
vehicle have to be accurate.
Whether
> John knows
> a singular verb from a quadruple bypass doesn't negate the proof
he's
> shown us over the years that as a tech writer, he definitely knows
> what
> he's doing. I mean, he's one of the least out of work guys I know
> (how's THAT for sentence construction?), so I tend to give his
> opinion a lot of weight.
>
My comment was not directed at John, and I really do object to your
misrepresenting me and my words.
> We all care, okay? Some of us may choose to obsess over certain
> aspects of this gig, but we ALL care. Even me, flippant though I
> often am.
>
Then people who say that grammar and writing is fundamental shouldn't
be slapped around here.
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