On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, [iso-8859-1] Aeon Flux wrote:

Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:30:00 +0000 (GMT)
From: "[iso-8859-1] Aeon Flux" <i2j2k2minus1@yahoo.co.uk>
To: ffml@anifics.com
Subject: [FFML] [C&C] Re: Welcome to list 'ffml'


 --- Listar <listar@anifics.com> wrote: >

* WHAT IS A 'LEMON' FANFIC?

'Lemons' are stories with explicit sexual content and

should be
labeled as such in the [Subject:] field when posted.
Not everyone on the ML is over 21.

You are just another stupid reactionary americanized buffoon alright.

There are two immediately obivous places in this sentance with problems.

At the first place, the use of "You" is ambiguous, as it may be used to
address both a singular person and a group of people.  Because of this, it
is difficult to understand whom you are addressing in this sentance.  For
example, you may be addressing the audience for which this document is
intended, or even Listar.  If you are addressing the audience, I would
recommend the phrasing "You are all", and if you are addressing Listar, I
think you should know that Listar is a program and is unlikely to
comprehend your critisism.

At the second place, the end of the sentance ought to be structured as
"buffoon, alright." unless you are referring to an 'alright' and not a
buffoon (which would be contextually meaningless).  Another issue is that
"alright" is not widely considered to be a proper word, and should be
written as "all right".  Furthermore, whether you wish to spell it
"alright" or "all right", its inclusion is completely superfluous since it
does not add any meaning to this sentance whatsoever.

Might I make a suggestion?  It may behoove you to learn to write a single
sentance with fewer glaring errors, if you are to be taken seriously on a
mailing list devoted to the discussion and improvement of writing.  I
would highly reading 'The Elements of Style' by Strunk and White, and
'Writing: A College Handbook' by Heffernan and Lincoln.

Most sincerely,

Watakushi, the pseudo-troll.

[!PLONK!]


\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\





________________________________________________________________________
Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping"
your friends today! Download Messenger Now
http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html

             .---Anime/Manga Fanfiction Mailing List----.
             | Administrators - ffml-admins@anifics.com |
             | Unsubscribing - ffml-request@anifics.com |
             |     Put 'unsubscribe' in the subject     |
             `---- http://ffml.anifics.com/faq.txt -----'

-Natsume Ranma Ranma
-------
The sardines weren't worth the trouble.  A few more shots, then
Ryoga-san would overheat and explode.  Ducking around a corner,
I managed to lose him as I entered the ramshackle residence of
my Anime supplier.

One look at his face and I knew that I had been betrayed.  "Tell me,"
I insisted.  He refused, so I slammed him against the wall.
"Last chance.  Where can Ranma-Ranma find good fanfics?"
"Try Jason Liao," he whispered, before he slumped to the floor.
I heard the sounds of a door splintering as I left through the
window, one step ahead of Tendo Heavy Industries...

             .---Anime/Manga Fanfiction Mailing List----.
             | Administrators - ffml-admins@anifics.com |
             | Unsubscribing - ffml-request@anifics.com |
             |     Put 'unsubscribe' in the subject     |
             `---- http://ffml.anifics.com/faq.txt -----'