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Fortinbras Armstrong

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12. I don't know if he would do it or not. I've never met him

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #11)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 12:08 PM

Dec 2012

I'm just saying that if you give someone a sloppy missive, they might dismiss it out of hand.

I suppose I'm suggesting that you not give him that excuse. I'm also thinking of something my Freshman Composition instructor said, "If you make something hard to read, people will not read it."

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Response to an article by Charles Krauthammer [View all] syberlion Dec 2012 OP

Well done malaise Dec 2012 #1

The asshole won't read it. I would condense this and use it as a letter to the editor or OP ED. RBInMaine Dec 2012 #2

Yeah, he's likely to look at the first line, Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #4

You are right. Only an idiot like Krauthammer would care about a spelling error. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #9

If he sees an error in the first line, then he might well dismiss it as the work of a yahoo Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #10

If he is willing to use that as rationalization, then I doubt he would ever read it. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #11

I don't know if he would do it or not. I've never met him Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #12

And I am saying that even those that have difficulty spelling may have a message. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #13

You don't have spell check available? Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #14

Huh? My point was that even people that cant spell might have a message. rhett o rick Dec 2012 #16

misstate came up as an error in spell-check and it was late that night syberlion Dec 2012 #17

Yep. My local fishwrap runs his shit several times a week. GoCubsGo Dec 2012 #6

You rock! rec'd. nt raccoon Dec 2012 #3

Punctuation mr.ed Dec 2012 #5

A suggestion, mr.ed TheAmbivalante Dec 2012 #8

Well done. rgbecker Dec 2012 #7

Excellent Response PoliticalBiker Dec 2012 #15