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From: "William B. Hackett" <>
Subject: Re: [HACKETT-L] an Apology
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:54:07 -0700
References: <200404141811_MC3-1-7E81-61AE@compuserve.com> <000001c423ec$c2bdf720$cf6fe204@deirdre>
In-Reply-To: <000001c423ec$c2bdf720$cf6fe204@deirdre>


Cheerful greetings to you all, but this recipient of the general
broadcasting urges you to keep your personal message sendings limited to
the one person rather than broadcasting to a list. :-) God knows we
all get enough spam without other people's messagings! Cheers. A happy
weekend to all. :-) --Bill Hackett

Deirdre & Richard Phillips wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Elizabeth W. Knowlton" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 5:10 PM
>Subject: [HACKETT-L] an Apology
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>>Dear list people and Erin,
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>> I realized late last night that I had sent
>>what was meant as a private message to Erin
>>to the whole list.
>> I have felt terrible about it all day and
>>want to apologize for my careless behavior.
>>Elizabeth W. Knowlton
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>Definately you're mistake, its often done - so is spelling's, typo's and
>grammer errors. If you'd put it in a book instead of an email you'd be
>laughing all the way to the bank: Lynne Truss' book "Eats, Shoots and
>Leaves", which takes its title from a grammaticaly incorrect anecdote about
>pandas, has taken over £5m since it was first printed in November! Her
>best-selling grammar guide picked up the "British Book of the Year" award.
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>To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer .
>
>Richard
>To err is human, to moo bovine.
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