From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article ,   
   J.D. Baldwin  wrote:   
   >   
   >In the previous article, David Carson   wrote:   
   >> [...]   
   >   
   >This is a *terribly* written article.  (That's not your fault, of   
   >course.)   
      
   True, but what of it?   
      
   FWIW, I often see this sort of phrasing in articles arising from South   
   Africa and India (and probably others, but these are the two that come most   
   to mind).  These are places that speak English, but not natively.   
      
   It is hard to say more on this topic without risking being labeled a   
   "something-ist".  And, no one (least of all, me) wants that.   
      
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