Are you asking people to mail you since you don't want to risk too much criticism on a public message board :)?
BTW, despite your condescending rejoinder to anshul bharadwaj below, that sentence of yours ("Agree or disagree, as you will (speaking for myself, I don't)") is grammatically incorrect. You don't what - you don't agree or you don't disagree? Why does your "don't" automatically need to attach itself to the "agree" rather than the "disagree"?
Or maybe I should despair of my own understanding too :).
RE:RE:RE:Why mail you?
by Bolly Woods on Nov 26, 2007 05:24 PM Permalink
In reply to your first question, no. In reply to the second, we both know you know exactly what I meant by what I said. And that brings up point three -- that I suggest email because that way, I get people responding to what I am writing on, as opposed to being smart-alecky about the words used. I didn\'t, to answer the question posed in your headline, ask for mails on grammar, but on critics. You prefer the former subject, so you post your views here. Naturally. Others have things to say about critics -- and they mail me. Cool.
RE:Why mail you?
by secret secret on Dec 06, 2007 04:13 PM Permalink
I indeed know exactly what you mean. However, being a professional writer and getting paid for it brings its responsibilities, no?
More importantly, nobody is trying to correct your grammar - there are other mistakes of grammar in your article above, which I did not choose to point out. My comment was in response to the tone of your reply to anshul below. When you make a mistake, you should accept it. Like your mistake in your reply above, by saying it's okay to use wrong grammar if the reader gets the point. Is it oaky to tpye a setncene lkie thsi, eevn if yuo udnertsand it?
When you stay amiable, people are far more indulging of your inconsequential peccadilloes. You show attitude, and there will always be, ahem, smart-alecs around who want to give it back.
Finally, here's a grammar tip for you to avoid similar future errors. Find the grammatical error in "Take the radio out of the car and throw it away."
