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Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post
I saw that Kathy... You had a [/b] in there that you didn't need!!!! Damn you and you're quick edit .
Pedantic mode on:

That should likely be 'your quick edit' old son.

Watch those possessive things...

Pedantic mode off...

It really isn't so easy is it? The problem with something that attempts to enforce correct grammar and punctuation is manyfold:
- some people are just not native and shouldn't be expected to become so for our comfort
- some use, even if perceived to be challenging, is legitimate within the culture of the poster. It's just the way things are
- the police would need to be experts in english grammar and current usage. Anyone here?
- quis custodiet ipsos custodes (thanks Juvenal)?

And probably more. I do not think you will achieve what you want without extremely large problems for some people who will not understand why they have problems. There's just a huge fairness problem in any case (see my last point)

You may as well require that anyone, in order to post, must first read, then understand and adhere to, the principles in Strunk & White and Lynne Truss' books. This will not happen.

Ultimately, there is a requirement for common sense in reading as well as composing posts. Just as in 'real life,' where, for example, I get upset because someone who speaks native French interrupts me when I try to address them in their language, a move to tighten up such in t.m.o would be, I believe, counterproductive.

But what do I know. lol (sic)
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