Sean,
Your comments infer that missused grammer bothers you. I think its
just the affect of perhaps a couple beers? But of course thats a mute
point - excetra.
:)
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 21:59:25 -0700, Sean Corfield
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But the error message infers that the login is not being
Now than, that's enough of that!
:)
Aaron
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Sean,
Your comments infer that missused grammer bothers you. I think
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From: Sean Corfield
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Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:59 PM
Subject: Hot Button - English pedantry (was: cfmail suddenly not working...very wierd
But the error message infers that the login is not being accepted.
hot button
*implies*
You might *infer* from the error message
Corfield
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Subject: Hot Button - English pedantry (was: cfmail suddenly not
working...very wierd
But the error message infers that the login is not being accepted.
hot button
*implies*
You might *infer* from the error message that the login is not being
Subject: Re: Hot Button - English pedantry
One final one that i just HAD to add to this OT post: Lose vs. Loose.
Gets my blood boiling for some reason. I'm convinced that well over half
the population believes that lose is the opposite of tight, and that my
Royals loose twice as many games as they win
Dave F wrote:
(Damn!, ended a sentence with a prep.)
That's a latin rule, not really an english rule =)
(Sorry Michael!)
- Rick
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(Damn!, ended a sentence with a prep.)
...and followed an exclamation mark with a comma ;-)
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Read the definition:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionaryva=inferx=0y=0
The word is also a synonym for indicate, suggest and hint
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From: Sean Corfield
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Subject: Hot Button - English pedantry
Or how about were vs. we're, as in:
We were on topic, but now we're not.
:)
-joe
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even know infer existed. I would like to see you get a
message in Dutch correct.
Pascal
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From: Sean Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 13 July 2004 06:59
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(Damn!, ended a sentence with a prep.)
...and followed an exclamation mark with a comma ;-)
Personally I was wondering how one would end a sentence with a
prep-school kid. :P
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Pascal Peters wrote:
I am not used to participate in OT discussions, but I just wanted to say
that a lot of people on this list don't speak or write English natively.
For me, English is only my third language, but I try to write it
correctly. It doesn't amuse me if others make comments like
For the record, I personally was only referring to signs and whatnot here
in the US.Like I said, emails don't bother me that much, just things that
are put into the public eye.
Don't wanna get labeled a xenophobe - that ain't me! (bad grammar intended,
LOL)
I wouldn't stand a chance at the
Pascal Peters wrote:
I am not used to participate in OT discussions, but I just wanted to say
that a lot of people on this list don't speak or write English natively.
For me, English is only my third language, but I try to write it
correctly. It doesn't amuse me if others make comments like
On Jul 13, 2004, at 6:29 AM, Dave F wrote:
hot button
moot is a tricky one. It seems to have more-or-less antonymous
meanings depending upon which side of the pond you're on.
(Damn!, ended a sentence with a prep.)
/hot button
Obviously, the correct form is:
...depending upon on which
Can this be moved to CF-Community? Thanks
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 08:05:42 -0700, Dick Applebaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jul 13, 2004, at 6:29 AM, Dave F wrote:
hot button
moot is a tricky one. It seems to have more-or-less antonymous
meanings depending upon which side of the pond you're
I am not used to participate in OT discussions, but I just
wanted to say that a lot of people on this list don't speak
or write English natively.
For me, English is only my third language, but I try to write
it correctly. It doesn't amuse me if others make comments
like this on the list.
Perhaps we should all visit this site before posting:
http://www.cjr.org/tools/lc/.It might slow things down a bit.
As someone who is in grad school after a 34 year hiatus, I can feel
everyone's pain.
Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
At 09:59 PM 7/12/2004, you wrote:
But the error
But the error message infers that the login is not being accepted.
hot button
*implies*
You might *infer* from the error message that the login is not being accepted.
The error message might well *imply* that the login is not being accepted.
Sorry, but my wife I were just bemoaning the fact
But Sean, we're not computer people... we're CFers!
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But the error message infers that the login is not being accepted.
hot button
*implies*
You might *infer* from the error message that the login is not being
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But the error message infers that the login is not being accepted.
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*implies*
You might *infer* from the error message that the login
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