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Date: 11 Jul 91 21:19:54 GMT
From: netcomsv!jls@apple.com  (Jim Showalter)
Subject: Re: Is there a comp.lang.english to which I can post this?
Message-ID: <1991Jul11.211954.8527@netcom.COM>
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diederich_r_%ncsd.dnet@GTE.COM (Ray Diederich (301)-294-8400) writes:

>This sentence is not proper english. It should be:

>this is not proper english.

"english" should be capitalized: "English"

>"That said, it is true that interested students will take courses even
>when they are not required, and uninterested students won't get anything
>out of required courses."

Still needs work. The first half of this sentence is ambiguous: are you
saying that the courses are not required, or that interested students
are not required?

>By the way, Jim, I wouldn't know this kind of stuff if I hadn't attended a
>university and had all those liberal arts courses.

Looks like you should brush up! ;-)

P.S. Personally, I think English sniping on the net is a total waste of time.
     It also has great potential for personal embarrassment, since as soon
     as you call someone else's grammer/spelling/punctuation into question,
     it makes yours fair game as well...and nobody is perfect.
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