On 13 May 2008 Tim Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Porter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 13 May 2008 Tim Hill wrote:
>>>> Btw, it's "a criterion" - spell checkers don't spot grammatical and >>>> semantic errors. >>> I hope one day someone will come along with a pedantry checker. ;-) >> I knew someone would say that! >> Using the right word or ending instead of the wrong one isn't >> pedantry! > No, your intervention was pedantry. And OT. Pedantry? Accuracy? OT? OK! I regret that this is the sort of phenomena for which the media has to take the blame, with its ignorance of singulars and plurals. And don't start me on "data"; "Data isn't what they used to be": Philip Howard. <scuttles off into a druck-proof shelter>. With best wishes, Peter. -- Peter \ / \ Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52 Anne \ / __ __ \ England. and / / \ | | |\ | / _ \ http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk family / \__/ \_/ | \| \__/ \______________ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
