[plug] [OT] Nit-Picking (was: CommIT Day 2, summary)

[Leon Brooks]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:17, Craig Ringer wrote:
> I feel it worth noting that not everybody can easily read English
> under the best of circumstances.  One can simply not be fluent in the
> language, or other issues may exist that make reading even good,
> clear English difficult.  As such, it doesn't hurt to put a little
> extra effort in and make your posts more readable.

> This is something I have understood for a while, but I've really been
> having it driven home lately as I'm doing quite a lot of bug testing
> on IRC with people who speak very little English.

> Now, I'll be the first to admit that I'm very, very far from perfect
> in this regard. Lots of speling errors, often rather stupid ones, a
> long-winded and convoluted writing style, grammatical problems, and
> frequent lack of clarity in my posts are all things I'm guilty of.

> Still, I think it's simply common courtesy - to other list members,
> and those reading and searching our archives later - to put a little
> effort into writing.

s/...er, blast! (-:

Cheers; Leon