Not at all. I realize that punctuation and usage is a particular
interest of yours.
I am less picky with web sites which are essentially do-it-yourself
projects by individuals. What irritates me is to see the same thing in
newspapers or to hear bad usage from the mouths of speakers with
multi-million dollar salaries on television news programs with huge
budgets. And, of course, as an American I know less about English.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Jan 4, 2005, at 11:11 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
> Sorry everyone, my post in response to Winsor's might have seemed
> ungracious. Thank you for pointing out the article by Richard Askey
> Winsor. I do enjoy reading the reviews on that website ...
>
>> Yes, Winsor but he then spoils the effect by misspelling "whose" (he
>> wrote "who's" - the shortened version of "who is"). You might, quite
>> reasonably, comment that punctuation is not everything. My rejoinder
>> would be that incorrect expression is distracting however it is
>> manifested and that an author whose first language is English loses
>> credibility (with me at least) if they cannot spell or punctuate
>> properly.
>>
>>
>> On 5 Jan 2005, at 00:59, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> About a third of the way down the page in his Coolpix 8400 review
>>> Phil
>>> Askey refers to the Oly C-8080 as the 8MP champ.
>>>
>>> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp8400/page3.asp
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Winsor
>>> Long Beach, California, USA
>>>
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