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From: Northern Vergina
Originally Posted by AlX Boi,Jul 30 2010, 07:22 AM
Your corrections in whiteflashes' post created certain syntactical errors, making the post harder to understand.
Incorrect spelling of whiteflash's name, and there is only one whiteflash.
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Jul 29 2010, 10:09 PM
The amount of brain drain I've seen in journalism over the past decade is disturbing; with the formal print media vanishing, so are proper journalism and grammar. I can understand poor choice of words from a writer, but where is the editor?
I see stories in our local paper that SHOULD make a fifth-grader cringe. "Poorly written" would be a kind statement.
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From: Northern Vergina
Originally Posted by JonBoy,Jul 30 2010, 08:19 AM
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I see stories in our local paper that SHOULD make a fifth-grader cringe. "Poorly written" would be a kind statement.
I see stories in our local paper that SHOULD make a fifth-grader cringe. "Poorly written" would be a kind statement.
I read stories in the local newspaper that should make a fifth-grader cringe. "Poorly written" would be a kind statement!
You don't see stories, you read them. "Our" insinuates that you own the newspaper. Newspaper is added because we don't know what paper you is talkin bout, foo. And your last sentence is an opinion in which I sensed hightened feelings therefore requiring an exclamation mark.
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Originally Posted by st4rk,Jul 30 2010, 05:17 AM
Your corrections in whiteflash's post created certain syntactical errors, making the post harder to understand.
Incorrect spelling of whiteflash's name, and there is only one whiteflash.
Incorrect spelling of whiteflash's name, and there is only one whiteflash.
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From: Northern Vergina
Originally Posted by AlX Boi,Jul 30 2010, 08:49 AM
I was under the impression his name was in plural form. My mistake.
You did not sound sincere enough.
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From: Benicia, CA
Originally Posted by st4rk,Jul 30 2010, 06:20 AM
I was under the impression his name was in plural form, my Liege. My mistake, I shall never disrupt these forums again. Please, do with my body as you wish.
You did not sound sincere enough.
You did not sound sincere enough.
