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syberlion

(136 posts)
17. misstate came up as an error in spell-check and it was late that night
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 02:09 PM
Dec 2012

But I agree, this missive was more an exorcise of frustration and venting one's mental anguish at another type of "yahoo-ness". I believe people are yahoos for believing in the right-wing talking points. I believe people are yahoos for writing right-wing talking points. As for the punctuation comment, that is a matter of opinion. However, if punctuation is all that was important to you regarding the message; then more is the pity for anyone missing the point.

Not everyone is an English professor, nor is everyone versed on all the rules of proper usage of verb tense, agreement, etc. However, criticism for criticism's sake is about as helpful as telling John F. Kennedy, "Hey, you're saying you're a jelly doughnut!" Was that the most important part of his Berlin speech?

I did not realize there was an AP standard to post to DU. I'll remember to have my Strunk & White "The Elements of Style" handy the next time I decide to pour out my thoughts and feelings to this most auspicious and well written web site. Heaven forbid anyone make a mistake...

Course, if you're a Democrat, FOX always makes sure your mistakes are headline news. I didn't realize there were cub reporters for FOX contributing to DU.

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