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To: OldPossum

“Cute. The problem is that many Freepers NEED a lot of help with their spelling.”

Why? To live up to someone’s perfect standard? This isn’t college exposition. It’s about communication, however imperfect.


50 posted on 07/12/2012 9:14:53 PM PDT by pops88 (Standing with Breitbart for truth.)
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To: pops88

No, it’s about building confidence in what one is saying in the eyes of readers by not appearing ignorant of one’s native language.

You surely have read works by professional writers and they have immediately lost credibility in your eyes when they use substandard language. That’s what I am talking about.


60 posted on 07/13/2012 6:36:42 AM PDT by OldPossum ( "it's" is the contraction of either "it is" or "it has"; "its" is the possessive pronoun)
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