Subj : Re: i need help To : comp.programming From : blmblm Date : Sat Sep 03 2005 07:00 pm In article <1125662611.033708.264440@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, ssubbarayan wrote: > >Richard Heathfield wrote: >> ssubbarayan said: >> >> > >> > Better way to correct some one >> > would be to give suggestions in a soft manner,probably something like >> > "I would rather use space after commas,please make it more legible to >> > read" something on those lines. >> >> Very well - as you wish... >> >> I would rather use space after commas,please make it more legible to read. >> >> >> Okay? >> >> And when you have learned that lesson, maybe you will be ready for the next >> lesson. Until you've got at least that far, though, I see little point in >> trying to communicate further with you, since you have not yet demonstrated >> an ability to learn from the answers you are given. >> >> >Hei Are you guys up for some fighting freaks?If thats the case,I would >be ready! (I was going to stay out of this, but maybe just one post .... ) I think we might have guessed that. >And when you have learned that lesson to say the way I suggested, maybe >you will be ready for the next lesson. Until you've got at least that >far, though, I see little point in trying to communicate further with >you, since you have not yet demonstrated an ability to learn from the >answers you are given. Ah, so putting spaces after punctuation *is* something you're able to do. Good. As far as I can tell, heretofore you've resisted making this change not because it was unreasonably difficult to do (I mean, it's not as if you're being asked to comply with grammar and usage rules that would require time and trouble to master -- this is a simple mechanical change) but because the way in which you were asked to make the change didn't strike you as sufficiently polite. That and the above paragraph ("And when you have learned ....") suggests an attitude that is not going to endear you to the very people from whom you're requesting help. Is it really more important to you to make whatever point you think you're making (about being asked politely, I guess) than to get answers to your technical questions, free of charge? Sometimes small amounts of sucking up, judiciously applied, pay off in high-quality technical help. Up to you whether that seems worth it, I guess. -- | B. L. Massingill | ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor. .