If I Had to Do It All Over Again... [rerun]

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Same goes for those who don't speak well.

Worth the repeat!

I spend quite a lot of time in support forums. It's really hard to help people who use bad grammar because you don't know what they're trying to say.

Every time I visit this website from Google I am given horrible results with an irritating color of text. Seriously, if you are trying to out due your competition of AskDave then you've done a horrible job. Quite frankly, you've failed.

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Black text on white background is a horrible color? Not sure I can help you
there, I'm afraid.

(And if you mean askdavetaylor.com, he's a friend. I don't think we're trying
to outdo each other. :-)

Thanks,

Leo

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So true, so true. In the numerous technical newsgroups I frequent, those who are obviously using English as a second (or maybe third or fourth?) language are given plenty of slack, as long as the main idea comes through. On the other hand, those who post things like "can u hlp me plz" are, at best, silently ignored, or answered with statements like "u doesn't post here anymore".

And, unless Google plays with your page somehow, I can't imagine what is the problem with "black text on a white background".

Kyle,

"Out due"? You're just proving Leo's point.

I teach computer science at a local junior college. I am going to start my next class with this article - you said it all ! !

I have donated to Leo's and to Dave's and appreciate the differences in style, content, and layout!

What I do not understand about illiterate posts are the misspellings. I use the Google spell check in MS and the right-click under red-lined words in Linux. For every post and e-mail and document. It is so quick and easy. A dictionary in search bar when I really butcher a word.

I can excuse poor grammar and structure but not misspellings. It is a sign of slovenliness and disrespect for SOMETHINGS (fill in blank).

Good job! - I hope you don't mind if I send a copy of this article to my grandkids. They need to learn the importance of writing intelligibly. I'll credit it to you, but they've heard similar comments from me in the past.

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