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Originally posted by paigowprincess
3. I read the cited to post and this. I got teh impression that there were numerous typos, errors, grammar issues, etc. from the frist post, but the second post makes it sound like one little tyupo. This is also a flawed debating style. A post hoc of sorts but not exactly. Don't change the Facts.
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I think you are mistaken:
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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I believe this is the second post in which you've misused "new". Maybe it shouldn't, but this affects my ability to take your points very seriously. FYI. FWIW. NTTAWWT. and etc.
(how's that for constructive criticism, Hank?)
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Originally posted by paigowprincess
If you have to go that route, be a man and admit you are wrong. My Dad cannot admit he is wrong and it is probably his worst characteristic. This macho bravado doesn't work in the face of Smart Women. Its adds insult to injury. \
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I don't want to hear about your father. My response to her was appropriate and I stand by it "As long as people understand my meaning why should I be so concerned about spelling and grammatical rules? "A person that judges an argument, not by its internal logic, but how it is presented or who presents it, is clearly a person whose judgment should be ignored." The fact that you focus on form over substance makes me skeptical of anything that you say. How is that for constructive criticism?
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Originally posted by paigowprincess
4) Why did you have to sacrifice grammar for issue spotting? Is your default sentence not gramatically correct so that you have to go back and correct it? How many typos were we talking about here? I gotta agree with the SC, numerous errors shoudl count for points off. Not just a couple, but many. AN egregious amount. I can understand typos on a typed exam, esp if on typewriter where you cant change the mistakes, or have to go back and change them, from sloppy fingers. But this was handwritten. That said, unless you went to a sunny level of law school, a professor probably does not run into this issue all that often. Unless the student is dyslexic, maybe.
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I gave the professor what he wanted. He told me what he considered important and I stuck to that. As is clear from your own posts, your grammar, spelling and adherance to other grammatical rules is not exemplary on your first stab at a sentence. I chose to spot more issues instead of perfecting my prose. Here I don't take the time to perfect my prose. I think the reason I don't try and perfect my prose should be obvious.
Here the statement "form over substance" is definitely appropriate. My professor focused on substance over form. I respect that. I can't respect people that focus on form over substance. Especially when it is not necessary. I believe your priorities are askew.
