Re: re spam, sequel to a book I do not intend to name or buy because the publisher is spamming.

In article <fuom0g$7fs$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Keith F. Lynch <kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>James Nicoll <jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> It's surprising how many spamming publishers seem to bear a
>> heartfelt grudge against the English language.
>
>Spammers in general tend to use bad English.  There are three main
>reasons for this:

	Spamming publishers are a special subset of spammers (although
not so special that they should treated better or ever forgiven absent
genuine repentance [1]). Most of the ones I see have English as 
their first language and I assume that their inability to master it
is one reason many of them are not real professionals.



1: "Gosh, I am just a naive guy who can't understand why my writing
courses aren't on topic here despite people explaining to me over
and over and over and over and over" does not count.
-- 
http://www.livejournal.com/users/james_nicoll
http://www.cafepress.com/jdnicoll
(For all your "The problem with
defending the English language [...]" T-****rt, cup and tote-bag needs)