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To: Doctor Raoul
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.
21 posted on 12/22/2006 10:20:34 AM PST by Rembrandt_fan
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To: Rembrandt_fan

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22 posted on 12/22/2006 10:21:29 AM PST by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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To: Rembrandt_fan

I don't do journalism, I'm not a traitor to my country.


23 posted on 12/22/2006 10:41:36 AM PST by Doctor Raoul (COMING SOON: MSNBC Going Out of Business Sale)
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To: Rembrandt_fan
And lastly, are my comments smarmy? Maybe. I do have a sarcastic streak;...

Actually you're clueless with a large measure of paranoia.

Your reply #14 is pure fantasy. The Post is known for the Watergate story, which gave birth to the catch phrase used by hack journists like yourself, "It's not the crime, it's the cover up." I mocked the Post for hiding the embarassing photos. Nothing more, nothing less and certanly not the manifestation of paranoia you've provided.

24 posted on 12/22/2006 10:46:00 AM PST by Doctor Raoul (COMING SOON: MSNBC Going Out of Business Sale)
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