On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:33:35 -0400, "Peter"
<peternew@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"tony cooper" <tony_cooper213@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:46:32 -0700, "Ursus Californicus"
>> <Ursuscal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Peter" <peternew@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>news:481644ce$0$13887$8f2e0ebb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> It is rare to see someone who professes to be a beginner so willing
to
>>>> experiment and share the results. I certainly would never consider
you a
>>>> beginner and gladly leave the nit picking to others. Even your family
>>>> "snapshot" conveys an emotion. Please don't stop and continue sharing
>>>> your
>>>> work. The world need more like you.
>>>
>>>I concur whole-heartedly. This is hardly beginner's work! You're
already
>>>showing use of some advanced technicques and I like the results.
>>>
>>>-- Theo, Grizzly Glen Photography
>>
>> It would be less distracting for some of us, though, if she'd get some
>> help from someone who can spell and write grammatically correct
>> English.
>>
>
>
>Tony, I kept quiet when the last go 'round on this diversion took place,
but
>let's not be picky on English.
>I subscribe to a technical writers list and one of the prime rules on
that
>list is that we never correct someone else's grammar or spelling. Quite
>often, in our haste to get off a meaningful comment our spelling or
grammar
>suffers, It is less important than the content of the posting therefore,
I
>hope that rule would be applied here. Not all of us have advanced
>educational degrees. Not all of us are professional writers. Some of us
are
>here only to relax and learn.
First of all, she is soliciting comments on her site. Secondly, my
comment is about a blog, or website, or whatever you call what she's
provided a link to. I'm not commenting about what she's written in a
newsgroup post. I'm not exactly sure what a "technical writers list"
is, but I don't think the link is to one.
Distractions are distractions. If you link to a photograph with
something unintended in the frame, and ask for comments about the
photo, then whatever distraction is in the photo is fair game for
comment. As far as I'm concerned, if the photo is in a website, and
there are distracting errors accompanying the photo, then they are
equally fair game for comment if comments are solicited.
I don't see "haste" as a factor here. She's obviously spent a great
deal of time preparing the site. She should spend a little more time
and correct the errors.
I would not normally comment about writing "technical writers group"
in a posting in this newsgroup. (I would in another newsgroup -
alt.usage.english - that I follow) However, if you write that on a
website, and then ask for comments about your website, I'd comment on
it. If you use a link in your sig line to the site, but are not
asking for comments, I'd not comment.
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
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