http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2005/02/26/superior.php     Oh dear, I have a spelling and grammatical error on the introduction of a web page. It is the end of civilization as we know it, and it exemplifies how horribly inadequate, shameful, and without merir the entire US educational...     en-us     Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:30:36 -0700     Movable Type v2.661     60 Oh dear, I have a spelling and grammatical error on the introduction of a web page. It is the end of civilization as we know it, and it exemplifies how horribly inadequate, shameful, and without merir the entire US educational... http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2005/02/26/superior.php       Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:30:08 -0700 <p>Oh, the humanity! The speling mistakes in this post alone nearly burst my screen into flames! :-)</p> <p>So... who was it? Go ahead... Out 'em! Heck... I may even now the person (was it Bob in Toronto? he's a bit of a crank...)</p> http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2005/02/26/superior.php#2371 Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:34:08 -0700 <p>Alan, as a Canadian, I must admit that I'm also easily outraged by spelling and grammatical errors. You must understand that when we come home from our long dogsled commute, we can be a bit cranky. Due to our extreme weather, we spend our evenings indoors, surfing the web and trying to make the world a better place through improving grammar and spelling. It's our contribution.</p> http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2005/02/27/superior.php#2375 Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:06:21 -0700 <p>"Just that it will never attain the international recognition that Canada enjoys in this field."<br /> Is this a sentence fragment I see before me? I suppose correct spelling is more important than good ideas AND correct sentence structure. We Canadians do great in spelling bees, but we can't write sentences.</p> <p>"The ironing is delicious." Bart Simpson</p> http://cogdogblog.com/alan/archives/2005/02/28/superior.php#2378 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:41:13 -0700