sentient trees yes, usage no

Ranjit Bhatnagar · 01 Sep 2006, 19:30 · from 2006-September.txt.gz

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From: ranjit at moonmilk.com (Ranjit Bhatnagar)
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:30:58 -0400
Subject: (urth) sentient trees yes, usage no
Message-ID: <9c6b022b0609011230v63cc25bdg79c98ffcf0c108bf at mail.gmail.com>

Here's the official word from the list owner (me!) --

Talking about the works of Gene Wolfe: GOOD
Talking about matters of English usage: DISCOURAGED
Talking about email formatting: STRONGLY DISCOURAGED

"Interleaving": ENCOURAGED
Top-posting: MILDLY DISCOURAGED
Complaining about top-posting: STRONGLY DISCOURAGED
Quoting the minimum necessary from previous posts to make your reply
intelligible: STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.

EXCESSIVE USE of CAPITAL LETTERS:  discouraged.  Sorry.

- ranjit

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