Re: Messages...

Subject: Re: Messages...
From: Robin Boswell <robin -at- TURING -dot- AC -dot- UK>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1993 17:34:47 BST



> Here's my two cents worth, as briefly as possible:

> Messages composed and posted on Internet or sent to someone via e-mail
> are more like telephone conversations than genuine correspondence. Most
> are composed on the fly and sent out in a hurry (most of us have work
> to do and can't spend a lot of time carefully preening e-mail) using
> tools lacking spell checkers and sometimes even the capability of going
> back over a message to edit it. I think it's silly and pedantic to flame
> people who make minor errors in a post. Posts and e-mail are simply not
> intended to be polished documents. I think most Internet readers understand
> that and do not judge us or our profession for minor errors. Those wh do
> are simply being unrealistic. (Note: I see a couple of errors in my own
> post, but I am using a mail package that does not allow me to go back and
> fix a previous line, so the errors will have to stand. I guess that makes
> my point perfectly, eh?)

> Chuck Petch
> Technical Editor



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