<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi John/James: Not compulsive at = all.  It is really too bad how persons on this list- and sadly,in = general- butcher the language.  It is so common  that it is becoming acceptable = to the many- and therein lies the problem.  Common usage=accepted = behavior. Subject lines even contain misspellings that are perpetuated over and = over.... and on and on.  Anyway, I for one, support your stand.  You = are certainly not offending me.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com href="mailto:JamesBakerRPT@carolina.rr.com">James Baker</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 07, 2002 = 1:14 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> = Excessive-Compulsive</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can't help this - I'm sick...It's = not my fault, but I just have to put this out there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There - at that place</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Their - belonging to = them</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They're - They are</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To - preposition</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Too - adverb</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two - a number</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Obsessive-Compulsive - a mental = condition (which I am displaying here)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh yeah, Here - at this = place</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hear - a sense</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I apologize to any and everyone I = just offended and beg you to overlook my many transgressions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Smith (no, not that John Smith)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>