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Originally Posted by Skybird
Sloppiness? Laziness?  I'm guilty as charged- but I would rather not producing as many typos with my inapt speedtyping amok-hacking, for I think my posts suffer from these many typos much more than from some good quote attributed to maybe the wrong author.
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Just to clarify and apologize, if necessary: my comments regarding sloppiness and laziness were not intended to be personally directed towards yourself; it was just a general observation I probably should have worded better...
Typos are not a big issue, in general. As someone whose typing skill has not progressed much beyond a rapid 'hunt and peck', I am in no position to criticize others; in an informal forum such as this, even if the typing is not of the best, as long as the idea gets across, its all good...
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
My apologies. My intent wasn't to derail the thread. It was originally just to point that out, something I will continue to do whenever and wherever I see it. Pedantic? Guilty. OCD? More than likely. Argumentative? Sometimes.
Still, on with the show!
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Steve, we all enjoy your OCD; it keeps us honest. Mine extends to keeping a dictionary, of some kind, either physical or digital, at hand while reading or writing, just to be sure I either fully understand the intent of a read word in its context or to be sure a word I use actually conveys the meant intent. Somehow, I rather much suspect dictionaries are not far out of your reach, also...
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