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The posts on this thread that stayed on topic have been very interesting to me. I have written several technical books and magazine articles both on Pontiac High Performance and Computer Languages. I was fortunate that my first wife was a technical editor for NASA during the Apollo days. She did that kind of editing on the racing books and articles that I wrote during that time. I learned from her how to edit my own text for the later publications.

IMO (excuse the internet acronym), proper writing, grammar and punctuation is a lost art amongst anyone younger than maybe 40??? But, also IMO, the prior will never be corrected because most people are lazy and don't care, particularly in this era of texting where acronyms and abbreviations rule. It doesn't bother me any more. I just presume that you are either young, ignorant, stupid or maybe speak spanglish or ebonics. That observation works for me. Screw the rest.

Craig

When I first started reading PI, I was confused by the IIRC terminology. Did it mean: If I'm Reading Correctly or If I Recall Correctly or It is/isn't Really Correct or Is It Reality Calling?

So, I looked it up on Google and got some even wilder meanings. IMO UR far better spelling these thoughts out (Internet pun intended). The previous comments about Unique and Irregardless were appreciated and I'm trying hard not to be Judgmental (note the one "e") when someone confuses it's with belonging to something.

I have benefited with both the facts and opinions gathered from this site and both my Packard and I are better for the efforts of all who contribute.

Let me drop the bomb on this thread:

"Ask the man who owns one" is an example of poor grammar.