Point well taken, and I publicly apologize for whatever part I
may have had. However, I would argue that use of proper grammar
is a habit of mind; a habit of mind of educated people, and not
something that one reserves for "special occasions," such as
i.e., "academic journals."
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According to Felicia Pickering:
>
> As John Arnold pointed out, the museum world is related to education.
> However, museum-l is an informal discussion group, not an academic
> journal.  Errors in spelling and grammar do appear and sometimes make
> me cringe, but I try to overlook them for that reason (I know I make
> mistakes myself.)  If you do feel the mistakes someone has made are worth
> correcting, I think it would be a lot nicer to send a note to the person
> privately, instead of embarrassing them again by posting it to the entire
> list.
>