vision2020
Re: On criticism
Those of you on this listserve who wonder if anyone
would want to hear from you--and especially if you think
you don't spell well--please don't take Mr. Gibbs' criticism
of Mr. Davis to heart. I would like to hear from you. I
(and I believe most of the rest of us) won't be put off if you
misspell something or complete a grammatically-
challenged sentence. We'll pay attention and respond to
the content.
Someone on the list earlier apologized for his or her petty
criticism of a writer who made an "imply/infer" error. I
had hoped the lesson would be taken to heart by others,
but apparently not by everyone.
Please join the discussion regardless of your grammar
and spelling skill levels.
Mike Curley
On 9 Sep 02, at 1:41, Joshua Gibbs wrote:
Date forwarded: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 01:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Joshua Gibbs" <ridethesaintedrhythms@hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Subject: On the letter by John Davis.
Date sent: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 01:41:37 -0700
Forwarded by: vision2020@moscow.com
John Davis wrote
> Oh, and on a final note, while some have gladly admitted
> that they would gladly see the public school systems torn
> down, I, on the other hand, gladly admit that I would like
> nothing better than to see these self-rightous
> 'privateers' quietly go away.
You know, if you're going to say sophomoric things like
this, then you're going to have to take criticisms like the
one I'm going to give you. In your little defense of public
schools, you misspelled the word "righteous." There's an
"E"
between the "T" and the "O."
> As a final note, I have for many years exercised the
> recent suggestion to wait before sending out an email. .
> perhaps I waited too long.
And then again, maybe this is that new math stuff CNN
keeps
talking about, or a result of the breakdown of formal rules
of English, but in that top paragraph up there you say that
you have reached a "final note," and then in the next
paragraph you say *that* is your "final note." Inquiring
minds want to know, which one is the real final note?
As for your idea that you might have waited too long to
send
out the e-mail, I'm going to have to say you didn't. I
don't think you waited long enough- a spell check and
quick
reread would have taken a few extra minutes.
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