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Old 25-April-2008, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by A.DIM View Post
I think it entirely understandable why someone might get defensive and end up nonreceptive to some good "advice."

But I'm sure you meant to say, "I'd mock your grammar if it is."

Sure, it's fun to correct one mistake out of a long post.

Meanwhile, you ignore that the other man's post was so laden with errors that it was hard to get anything but the overall emotional gist of what he was attempting to say.

I do not correct minor mistakes in grammar. Unless it's in German, and that's only done for practice.
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