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Unread 05-02-2003, 03:12
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Originally posted by srjjs
Trust me, these boards are actually really good as far as English goes. In chatrooms and on some less civilized boards, many posts are completetely unintelligible.
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Originally posted by evulish
Yeah. Go and sit on a channel on the DALnet for a night and see if you think our English is bad (For being a teen-based forums, this place has decent grammar. Most other ones seem like a web-based chicken scratch )
Actually, I am encouraged by the number of posters here on CD who do wield the English language effectively. I think you will have to admit though, that there are far too many (especially elsewhere on the 'net) who either can't, or don't care enough to express themselves clearly.
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