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From: "Steven Gibbs" <>
Subject: Re: cool webpage
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 18:46:56 +0100


Don Moody <> wrote in a message (the sentiments
of which I thoroughly
approve)news:...
> >
> >One is not supposed to comment on spelling errors in mail messages,
>
> Why not?
>
> I have every sympathy for people with disabilities, and dyslexia is a
> disability. In a situation where accuracy is important, letting simple
> errors through is indicative of failure to check for accuracy. So
> whomsoever leaves spelling errors, which could have been removed by a
> check with or without a spellchecker program, is branding themselves as
> careless. Hence their work is not to be trusted. It does not matter
> whether the conclusion is fair in all the circumstances. It is
> inevitable.
>

But what about "whomsoever" as the subject of a sentence? Are grammatical
errors okay?


Sorry Don - nothing personal!


Steven Gibbs
Bedford

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