[Doctor Raoul]

I have no idea what 'qualify as editors' means on a forum like Free Republic,...

As opposed to the smarmy. self centered critics?

[abb]

As opposed to the smarmy. self centered critics?

I wouldn't edit a thing in your reply...

[Rembrandt_fan]

You wrote, "As opposed to the smarmy. self centered critics?"

And your pal abb wrote, "I wouldn't edit a thing in your reply..."

The word 'smarmy' should be followed by a comma, not period. 'self centered' is hyphenated; e.g.,'self-centered'.

Of course abb wouldn't edit a thing, since abb is evidently incapable of recognizing punctuation and usage errors. Further, abb's infatuation with ellipses--ending every post with them so far--is the stylistic equivalent of a facial tic, sophomoric and annoying.

And lastly, are my comments smarmy? Maybe. I do have a sarcastic streak; however, the word 'smarmy' implies a measure of unfounded criticism. Based upon the level of competence I've seen from both of you so far, my point still stands: one needs to know the basic tools of grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation before play-pretending print journalism.