Please help with a UseNet survey

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Director - 11 Dec 2005 03:25 GMT

If you are man at least 18 years of age the Millikin Project on Social
Perceptions invites you to participate in a study of users of selected
UseNet/NetNews groups.

The survey will take about 10 minutes and will help us understand the usage
patterns, opinions, and experiences of NetNews users.

The survey is completely anonymous. This message will link to a server at
Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois USA and the survey will
automatically open. (If it does not open, copy and paste into your browser.

http://surveys.millikin.edu:8080/survey/entry.jsp?id=1133753872250

The director of this survey is Dr. Gordon Forbes. He may be reached at
gforbes1@millikin.edu.

The Millikin Project on Social Perceptions appreciates your help.

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mst - 11 Dec 2005 05:50 GMT

> If you are man at least 18 years of age the Millikin Project on Social
> Perceptions invites you to participate in a study of users of selected
> UseNet/NetNews groups.

Interesting. I gather English is not taught at your University?

> The survey will take about 10 minutes and will help us understand the usage
> patterns, opinions, and experiences of NetNews users.

Why?

> The survey is completely anonymous.

Are you suggesting "anonymous" could be *partial* ?

> This message will link to a server at
> Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois USA and the survey will
> automatically open. (If it does not open, copy and paste into your browser.

Amazing - you mean this message will "link" ... oh wait,
I forgot, proper English is not taught at your school!

> http://surveys.millikin.edu:8080/survey/entry.jsp?id=1133753872250

> The director of this survey is Dr. Gordon Forbes. He may be reached at
> gforbes1@millikin.edu.

How sad that Gordon put his name to this posting.

> The Millikin Project on Social Perceptions appreciates your help.

And hopefully, y'all can figure out how to construct a proper sentence.

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HLS@nospam.nix - 11 Dec 2005 13:12 GMT

> > If you are man at least 18 years of age the Millikin Project on Social
> > Perceptions invites you to participate in a study of users of selected
> > UseNet/NetNews groups.
>
> Interesting. I gather English is not taught at your University?

The sentence is grammatically sound. Are you referring to the punctuation?

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