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Subject:Poor Grammar vs. Nettiquette Breach From:Gregory=Kushmerek%AcctgMed%FIN -at- HUMRES-SERVER -dot- NET -dot- TUFTS -dot- EDU Date:Tue, 30 Nov 1993 09:39:02 EST
> I subscribed to this forum a couple of weeks ago, and have been
> reading it with awe and wonder ever since. I think the subjects
> are fascinating, the information is helpful, and the writers
> sincere. BUT! I am appalled at the spelling, grammar, etc., that
> appears.
[...]
> Karen Merrell
Well, Karen, I am "appalled" at your lack of paragraph breaks. You
decide to flame an entire community and do so while breaking one
of the rules of electronic communication: chunk your material.
