OT: English usage. Was: Re: No Starch Press releases _The Debian System_ by Martin Krafft

2005-09-15 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:03:46 -0600 Jules Dubois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It doesn't seem to me to be a violation of Debian policy, which I've just read for the first time; if it is a violation, I apologize. Thank you. It's so nice to see correctly used semicolons. Cybe R. Wizard -- Q:

Re: OT: English usage. Was: Re: No Starch Press releases _The Debian System_ by Martin Krafft

2005-09-15 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 06:27:57PM -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:03:46 -0600 Jules Dubois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It doesn't seem to me to be a violation of Debian policy, which I've just read for the first time; if it is a violation, I apologize. Thank you.

Re: OT: English usage. Was: Re: No Starch Press releases _The Debian System_ by Martin Krafft

2005-09-15 Thread Andy Streich
On Thursday 15 September 2005 05:55 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: My tenth grade english teacher taught it like this: If you can't replace the semicolon with a period and make two coherent and complete sentences, then it doesn't belong. Best grammar advice I ever received. It can also

Re: OT: English usage. Was: Re: No Starch Press releases _The Debian System_ by Martin Krafft

2005-09-15 Thread Joel Peter William Pitt
Bah, semicolons are for ending C expressions, not english ;P JoelOn 9/15/05, Andy Streich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 15 September 2005 05:55 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: My tenth grade english teacher taught it like this: If you can't replace the semicolon with a period and make two

Re: OT: English usage. Was: Re: No Starch Press releases _The Debian System_ by Martin Krafft

2005-09-15 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 14:17 -1200, Joel Peter William Pitt wrote: Bah, semicolons are for ending C expressions, not english ;P They are, of course, also used for winking... -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Temporarily not of Jefferson, LA