>>1. Misuse of the reflexive (myself)
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>>I don't know why that last one irks me so much, but a line such as "Please reply to Steve or myself" is like chalk on a blackboard for me.
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>Rich;
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>LOL! How about changing that line to, "Please reply to Steve and do not bother me"? :)
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>I have a great list of interesting things that I read while in the Air Force. Now the military has a "unique" way to express itself! But that is another topic. :)
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>Tom

One of my jobs while in service was to re-write a manual used by the Division G-4. Between reading that manual (and several others), and putting it into "proper" military format, my writing abilities suffered greatly. For years, I could no longer use 10 sentences when one would do (try writing a 20 page political science, history, sociology, etc. term paper with that disability!)

In examining many of my posts here on the UT, I've discovered that I've almost completely recovered. A lot of the time, don't make much sense and I take a very long time getting to my non-point.