Hi SS, Would they be American or (real :) ) English corrections ;)
Paul Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > I just wanted to let everyone know that there is no need for members > of our community that use English as a second language to apologize > for their grammar and spelling. > > I think we all recognize that OpenJUMP has a global user and developer > community and that this is something that appeals to many of us. If > you will be patient with my abilities to understand what you are > trying to say I will be patient with your efforts to say it in a > language that is not your own. :] > > I'm sure everyone feels the same way. > > I have always wondered if it would be appropriate to offer corrections > of grammar and spelling to speakers that use English as a second > language. I have always avoided this in the past because I didn't want > to offend everyone. Now that the topic is being discussed I want to > ask if this would be appropriate. Would tactfully offering a > correction be totally snobbish? Would it be welcomed by the author of > the message? Should it be done off of the list? > > Should I just keep doing what I've been doing? :] > > Thanks, > > The Sunburned Surveyor > > P.S. - If we ever had a sizeable group of our users or developers from > a single language group we can start a language specific mailing list. > I'd like to avoid this unless we have a lot of users in that langauge > groups, so that our community doesn't splinter uneccesarily, but it > might be more productive in the right circumstances. I would think > that if we did this it would be good to have one person from that > language group appointed to report back to the main development list > with a summary of the discussion on the language specific list. This > could be done on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis depending on the > interest. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
