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Re: [SLE] Poor English
  • From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 01:56:00 -0400
  • Message-id: <200110040556.f945u0N14377@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wednesday 03 October 2001 22:40 pm, Jon Biddell wrote:
> On Wed,  3 Oct 2001 23:08, Jack Malone wrote:
> > I will have to admit that english is my native language an I have sent
> > out some messages with some spelling mistakes an with bad sentence
> > structors ect ect. I tend to type to fast sometimes an then not go back
> > an proof read what I have typed before I send it out. I'm trying to do
> > better at this.
>
> OK - let's correct THIS one, just for fun...
>
> Error 1: It's "structures", not "structors"
> Error 2: It's "etc", not "ect"
> Error 3: It's "and", not "an" - as in '... type fast sometimes an then not
> go back an proof read...'
>
> And this from a "native" english speaker ?

You missed 'too' - "I tend to type to fast"



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+ Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx Bellaire, MI 10/04/01 01:55 +
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"I took an IQ test and the results were negative."

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