On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 04:06:56PM -0600, Michael Halcrow wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2005 at 08:04:50AM -0700, Hans Fugal wrote:
> > Some more than others, and some tolerate it more than others (hence
> > the grammar nazi flamewars).
>
> I cannot parse this pathetic excuse for a sentence, Hans.
>
> Whenever you have a comma followed by a conjunction, you must have a
> complete sentence on each side. That means you need a noun and a
> verb. Sometimes the noun may be implicit, but it is very rarely the
> case that the verb is implicit. I cannot find the verb in the
> fragment, ``Some more than others.'' In addition, your copious use of
> parentheses is quite distracting. Furthermore, since ``nazi'' is a
> proper noun, is should definitely be capitalized.
^^Obviously it was getting to you more than you knew. > > I just can't handle it all. Apparently. (Hmmm, a sentence with an impiled verb.) -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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