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To: jbe who wrote (967)	3/30/1998 10:45:00 PM
From: Wizzer	Respond to of 4711

That is true. It does seem to me now that this thread is for lovers of language. I hope in my last few posts I have been able to contribute to that aspect and will contribute in the future. Your points are all well taken.

To: jbe who wrote (967)	3/30/1998 10:55:00 PM
From: AugustWest	Respond to of 4711

And after we got our initial gripes off our collective chests, the thread did, as has been pointed out, evolve into something more benign, reflecting the loving interest in language that folks here share. Just want to say thanks for the thread. It already has and will continue to help me. August.

To: jbe who wrote (967)	3/31/1998 1:12:00 AM
From: Sowbug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

I soon realized that I should have called the thread "SI Writers' Lab" (or something like that) rather than "SI Grammar and Spelling Lab," which sounds stuffy, schoolmarmish, & etc. I love the title -- I still laugh when I read it. Thanks for starting the thread.

To: jbe who wrote (967)	3/31/1998 4:41:00 AM
From: Reginald B. Arturo	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 4711

JBE, The savaging of the English language can be blamed primarily on the societal shift away from the long practiced regimes of reading from and writing upon the printed page. The current technological shift underway from hard copy to phosphorensic prose has all but deluminated the need to write coherently and logically. One can only guess at the far reaching effects this paradigm shift will have on the communicatory and behavioral adeptations congruent with the nullatory exactments faced by the masses as they ponder ubiquitous scenarios based on reason. This is an extremely negative outcome. In order for any remedial rectification to be initiated at first; or in fact, for it to ever achieve absolvable tertiary functionality, a highly systematized, prioritized, task endevouring empowerment status must be hierarchically entrenched, prior to linguistic disfunctionality becoming emplaced. R.B. Arturo