wide array of death euphemisms

[Mullins, Bill]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grant Barrett [mailto:gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 4:06 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: wide array of death euphemisms
>
>
> I was less bothered by the punctuation* ......
>
> *I'm a believer in one-pass email composition. It's faster
> and the content is usually the same, despite typos.

Taking the time to punctuate correctly helps the writer as much
as the reader, in this case.

1.  The writer is asking for assistance -- why make it hard
for the potential helpers to figure out the question?

2.  Grant referred to prioritizing the requests for help,
by the status of the requestor.  The more the writing looks
to be from an elementary/junior high student, the less likely
it will get a serious response.

3.  Really, does it take that much longer to fix up the paragraph?