To:      jon claerbout
From:    Stan 

Here's a reply I sent to Jos on July 2, 1999. I found it while going 
through some old files. I thought someone may like to read it. Strange how 
life works.



Internet Grammarbot,

I appreciate your visit to my webpage and thank you for the email. The word 
in question will be corrected and the misguided 'sentence' will be set on 
the right path.

At present I have very little free time for new projects

I also thank you for the kind remark and wish you continued success in your 
ongoing crusade.


At 09:50 PM 6/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
 >Hey there, I just wanted to let you know about a typo in your page. It
 >appears that you've spelled the word "loses" incorrectly, spelling it
 >"looses" instead:
 >
 >d makes less money. Nobody wins in this game. The
 >seller looses money
 >
 >"Looses" is not the same as "loses," and when used
 >as a verb means "to let something free." Probably the most famous use of
 >the word was by Shakespeare in the play Julius Caesar, when Antony
 >uttered "Cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of war."
 >
 >On the Web though,
 >the word most often appears as a typo. Unless, of course, by "Spammer
 >Looses Case in Court," you mean that the spammer actually threw a
 >suitcase at the judge, or let loose a serious case of the sniffles. Such
 >things are possible, I suppose, just not very likely.
 >
 >You may be
 >saying "But what does it matter?" As you can tell from my name, such a
 >question strikes deep into my heart. Grammar is my very soul. And it's
 >in yours as well, when you think of what truly separates us from the
 >apes. Some would argue opera, but I would heartily disagree. Any idiot
 >can play a french horn, but it takes a species of true breeding to
 >differentiate "that" from "which" and to make such clever use of
 >apostrophes.
 >
 >Join me in this battle. Elevate our kind.
 >
 >Eternally
 >vigilant,
 >
 >The Internet Grammarbot
Stan