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To: Jeff Chandler
Their there, now. don't be such a grammar Nazi.

When a website misses obvious grammatical errors, their overall credibility falls into question.

33 posted on 03/22/2014 1:06:45 PM PDT by Praxeologue
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To: Kennard

Those of us with grammatical Eros can’t tolerate grammatical errors.


88 posted on 03/22/2014 2:03:14 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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To: Kennard

When a website misses obvious grammatical errors, their overall credibility falls into question.

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Exactly. Usually causes me to stop reading the article. If the writer can’t be bothered checking his English, how careful is he at checking his facts?


158 posted on 03/22/2014 4:25:11 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: Kennard

I don’t like mixing tenses, either:

“a website”...”their”

maybe “its” would be better


164 posted on 03/22/2014 5:25:58 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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