>I frequently deal in real-life with people who, due to different
>language constructs in their mother tongue, frequently interchange the
>words excited and exciting. When they tell me that they are exciting
>I've learned to bite my tongue and wait and see :-).

I have an extremely high tolerance for spelling/grammar errors from 
non-native English writers. They have made an effort to learn/use 
another language, and are expressing themselves far better than I 
would be able to in their native tongue.  I have an extremely low 
tolerance for native English speakers, mostly fellow Americans, who 
claim to be adults, but instead have the writing skills of a 5 year 
old. We all make errors, I make plenty myself, but I far too 
frequently get emails from customers that I am almost unable to 
decipher. Indeed I have received some that I could not even guess 
what the writer was trying to ask/say. Has the educational system 
gone that far downhill, or are these just the people who several 
decades ago would never have had the need or opportunity to write 
someone a letter?

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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
http://www.blackcatsystems.com
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