From: "Ara.T.Howard" Date: 2005-05-27T01:43:18+09:00 Subject: Re: [OT] Language corrections On Fri, 27 May 2005, Joe Van Dyk wrote: > Every so often, I see a post that either starts or ends with > "Apologies for the bad english", as the author of the post is > (probably) a non-native English speaker. > > I always get the urge to redo the author's post, correcting the > grammatical / speling mistakes. But I never do, as I sometimes think > the author would be offended or something. > > So, would you non-native English speakers appreciate have your posts > being critiqued/analyzed if you started or ended with "sorry for the > bad english"? Seems like that would be helpful for you guys. on a related note (seriously) - can anyone translate some burning japanese questions i have for some japanese ruby groups? -a -- =============================================================================== | email :: ara [dot] t [dot] howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | phone :: 303.497.6469 | My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. | --Tenzin Gyatso ===============================================================================