Wolfgang Denk wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >>>>> THIS MESSAGE AND ALL ATTACHED DOCUMENTS ARE EXCLUSIVELY INTENDED >>>>> TO THE INDICATED RECIPIENTS AND ITS CONTENTS MAY BE CONFIDENTIAL. >>>>> IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO ANYONE TO TAKE COGNIZANCE, USE, OR >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>>> DIVULGE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. IF YOU MISTAKENLY >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ... >> Obviously the whole world is the "INDICATED RECIPIENTS" and thus it is >> OK to "TAKE COGNIZANCE" of his email. :-P > > You are not a lawyer. You apply much too much common sense. > > The text reads: "IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN TO *ANYONE* TO TAKE > COGNIZANCE..." > > In legal speak, "anyone" really means "anyone", including the > "indicated recipients".
Ahh, you are right. You've out Englished my English. ;-) My English teacher in the 5th grade would harp on this: it should say "ANYONE ELSE" to prevent the internal conflict. So many native English speaking people like make this error that we've become like blind to it. Best regards, gvb ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
