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(As I have been taught to be good little "PicLister").
(Which my spell checker goes "wobbly" about too!)

At 06:34 11/05/98 PDT, you wrote:
>"My dog's not in this fight."
>
>Therefor I should stay out of it.  That would be the smart thing to

Aha!....^

>do.  That would be the safe thing to do.  So then why don't I do it?
>
>There are people who's mind is one level above pond scum.

Hey, pond scum's vastly underrated! :-)

>And I
>hope everyone just ignores them.  Just as I will ignore someone
>who points out a spelling error (in a mean manner) made by a
>gentleman who can communicate in seven languages.

Ah, good sentiment, I agree (and I wasn't being mean above BTW).

>The comment about spelling and grammar was appropriate.  The
>question involved  jobs' and an employer's first impression of a
>persons qualifications is a written resume.
.......^

Need's an apostrophe I think ;-)

>And the comment was not done in a manner that criticized, but
>was given as good advice. (Which appeared to be much needed)
>And it was followed with good advice on other topics as well.
>
>Also the reply pointing out that some posters may have limited
>English abilities was also appropriate. All the advice given by
>everyone who responded was extremely good. (Even mine) And I
>think it wonderful that people take time to help others as they
>always do on this list.

You are quite right.

>useless to them.  And some times I do see a hint that English is
>not their first language.  The way a word is used or the order of a
>group of words.  But this is extremely rare.

You can sometimes tell by the grammar and the way phrases are formed. It
never ceases to amuse me that UK companies piously produce brochures and
promotional material which deliberately uses the American spelling in a
vain effort to suggest that they are a US company. Americans can tell a
mile off that they're not, the words, phrases, and the way the message is
presented are quite recognisable (English spelling note) as non-American.

>The youth in the USA fall into three groups.  Those that
>don't finish school, those that do finish but can't read nor write,
>and those that finish and can read and write.

What was the name of the guy who couldn't spell "potato"?
What category did he come into?

(Ah, Dan Quayle I think)

Take this as "tongue in cheek", (i.e. not too seriously) I agree with your
sentiments but I think you're being a teensy weensy bit too serious for
this list? :-)

Regards

Adrian

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