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Subject:Re: Emily Post-ing From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 24 Jan 1994 01:01:03 -0800
Judith Wisdom said:
> But as a result there has emerged a tolerance
> towards spelling and punctuation errors of the sort that are not revealed
> in spoken language.
Surely you mean in formal written language? Speech errors are quite
common in spoken language, but don't generally hinder the conversation.
When they do, we ask for clarification.
