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<DIV><FONT size=2>I guess my beef about spelling and grammar is that =
when it's
bad, especially in printed matter like the Journal or even in the bylaws =
or exam
manuals, it makes us look unedjamacated, when one one of the goals of =
PTG is to
increase the professional image of the piano technician. On =
this
list, it doesn't matter so much, I guess, since e-mail is here =
today and
deleted tomorrow. It's just that I've noticed a dramatic =
increase
in bad spelling everywhere in recent years, including among doctors =
and
other professional types. At first I thought it was just the =
Gen-Xers and
the decline in quality of teaching in public schools, or too much =
emphasis on
computers and reliance on spell-checkers instead of a solid grounding in =
the
"three R's", but it's becoming ubiquitous of late. But back to
pianos..... --Dave Nereson, =
Denver
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