I wasn't going to say anything, but since you brought it up...<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Need me to e-mail you my addy again? <img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Discipline -- not desire -- determines destiny.

Damn MQ1shooter,...I always thought I believed English teachers to be a &quot;picky lot&quot;. Thanks for the confirmation! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

See what you did? I'm afraid to post this because its probably riddled with error! Do you constantly find yourself critiquing everything you read? Does the fire fighter get a rush of adreniline at the first whiff of smoke,...even if its a camp fire? Does the performer become excited at the thought of a &quot;hand clap&quot;? Does the........ OK MQ1shooter, I'll take my chances. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Bow-addict, that was a great story! Be proud of it! AND I like what farm hunter said. I like Rob's approach but keep in mind that your representing us all and you may be able to do just as farm hunter suggests in:
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No worries, Twang ol' buddy! (Though you did leave an apostrophe out of &quot;it's&quot;! <img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>)

Yeah, you're right. Not only do I enjoy writing and reading -- as well as used to enjoy teaching composition, before it started to consume too much of my time -- it is hard to read something and not &quot;critique&quot; it, as you put it. I don't think I mean to; it's just that errors and the like just seem to &quot;pop&quot; out at me.

I can usually kinda turn that part of my brain off when I'm in here chatting with my buddies, but it gets harder when I'm reading something in a newspaper, or in Reader's Digest or something. Maybe a lot of people do this, but I still find mis-spelled words and grammatical errors often in published works.

The bad part of it is, I can't bring myself to just &quot;let loose&quot; and type without mistakes. Even when I'm using colloquialisms (slang expressions), I have to spell them correctly! I even correctly punctuate when I'm chatting with my friends on instant messenger!

Aargh! It's a curse! (Notice the apostrophe signalling the contraction of &quot;it&quot; and &quot;is&quot;?) <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> When's deer season open again?

Discipline -- not desire -- determines destiny.

My standard response to the antis when they ask the Bambi question is, &quot;Have you ever smacked a mosquito?&quot; Or sometimes I say, &quot;Yes, I kill Bambi -- and his mother and father if I get the chance.&quot; But that's only if I'm feeling ornery. Be careful about the college professor generalizations. This one loves to hunt.