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  • From: "Corvin" <corvin AT cox.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] appropriate writing for posts
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:41:28 -0700

Thank you Caryl!.................... corvin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alderspring" <alderspring AT salmoninternet.com>
To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:18 AM
Subject: [Market-farming] appropriate writing for posts


> David wrote: ...I do question though why some people write posts without
> punctuation and with no regards to rules of grammar. When I receive posts
> like this one I end up spending more time trying to understand the points
> the writer is trying to convey than the amount of time I want to invest in
> reading the post; so I just delete it.
> It is a long post and I'm sure Sals put a lot of time and effort into
> composing it, but after reading the first 5 or 6 lines it went right into
> the trash. I am the only one who feels this way?
> ****
> I don't post very often, but I read almost everything that goes through
the
> list. I thank the people who take time to post, because I have learned a
> great deal from them. I always appreciate people's time, because I know
we
> are all short of it.
>
> I was surprised at David's comment, and found it a bit...I don't
> know..."snooty." Most farmers have neither the training, inclination, nor
> time to spend time carefully composing a post. I appreciated that Sal
took
> the time describing his experience, and many of his comments were right
on.
> I would hate for the group to lose the insights of people like him because
> they fear that the writing police might nail them. Lighten up! If you
> think the post difficult to read, just delete it without comment. This is
a
> conversation not an academic convention.
>
> And Sal, I thank you. You described well the frustrations of the small
> farmer with the USDA organic rules. Please keep contributing!
>
> Caryl
> www.alderspring.com
>
>
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