On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:18:40 -0400 (EDT) Eric Emerson wrote:
> This is what makes this Arachne list so exceptional.
> They respond to the messages instead of reacting to the
> messages. The responses are made in good faith without
> any attempt to inflame. The responses answer the question
> at
gt; Personally, I try to use the occasional apostrophe correctly because I
> recognize that there are different meanings dependant on the position of
> that thing, and that's about as far as I am willing to toe the line.
> Up here in Canada we know all about language police. Their job is to
sh language is its ability to evolve through common usage -
>split infinitives definitely fall into that catagory. (kick me)
>
>Personally, I try to use the occasional apostrophe correctly because I
>recognize that there are different meanings dependant on the position of
>that thing, and
High all,
Eye was jest wunderin eff theis had ennythin too du whith speeling?
(mye old Engliish teecher ... Miss Speelling)
hee hee.
e line.
Up here in Canada we know all about language police. Their job is to try
to make certain that a language which is afraid of evolution doesn't die.<<
different meanings dependant on the position of
that thing, and that's about as far as I am willing to toe the line.
Up here in Canada we know all about language police. Their job is to try
to make certain that a language which is afraid of evolution doesn't die.
- Clarence Verge
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