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Old 11-09-2010, 10:49 PM   #87
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Default Re: Spellings/Misspeling?

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Originally Posted by coilover View Post
Many years ago, like over half a century, I had a chemistry class under a world famous professor that had won the Nobel Prize. His message was: never spend time memorizing a name, a date, or worry about grammer or spelling but NEVER FORGET THE FACT/RESULT. Then with an impish smile he added that his message to journalism students was to forget his message. If an article has good meaty material in it I can certainly overlook a few jabs to the King's English.
Probably had his fly down and drove on the wrong side of the highway-when he could rememebr where he put his keys. The Devil is in the details. I would bet his research reports and papers were letter perfect.
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