From: Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@mcs.net)
Date: Sat Jun 30 2001 - 17:49:36 MDT
At 01:47 PM 6/30/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Lee, I suggest the online community lead the way in
>leaving out apostrophes. As in Orwells classic 1984, language
>should be simplified as it approaches perfection. Those marks
>can be omitted without much loss meaning. So put em
>in only when the sentence is hard to understand without em.
>
>Same with dashes. When in doubt, leave em out! spike
Just remember what the ultimate goal of that simplification was...
Chuck Kuecker
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