Glen -
Just to help ensure my sanity, my email subject window looks like this:
https://goo.gl/photos/thJWHVxy8cfPv3Qq7
I've always assumed everyone else's does too... So, when one looks at
the content of a mailing list like this, they can _see_ trees of
threads, right? If not, I highly recommend a modern client. 8^) It
helps a lot.
I agree... but I think many/most don't see this view and I don't believe
many will obtain one soon nor easily.
Maybe you can tell me how "Nick is wanting" structures your thoughts
different from "Nick wants"?
I think it is my perceived tentativeness of what I think Nick wants...
meaning I'm not sure he knows what he wants or understands the
implications of what he wants. I'm not sure about the grammatical or
semantic roots of this (why I use "is wanting" over "wants") but it is
interesting to me that you can call it out so clearly. Unfortunately I
am probably conflating or convolving my own unsureness of what I *think*
Nicks wants into what I believe to be his own lack of clarity...
For contrast, I think I would be MUCH less likely to use the same
phrasing to describe my understanding of what I *think* YOU want... or
Marcus... or many others here who have a crisper sense of confidence in
what you are asking/suggesting. Our patron St. Stephen of Guerin, I am
*much* more likely to use "he is wanting".... perhaps Renee's "I am
wanting" vs "I want" reflects some of this same ambiguity of detail?
If she were more precise in her own mind about what she wants, might she
be more likely to use the more assertive?
Hey Nick! Don't you love it when people talk about you like you aren't
here?
- Steve
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