From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 12 10: 6:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from funbox.demon.co.uk (funbox.demon.co.uk [158.152.85.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3351437B7BF for ; Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:06:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dev.null@funbox.demon.co.uk) Received: from funbox.demon.co.uk, ID 38F43EBB-2F79, Wed, 12 Apr 2000 09:15:39 UTC To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org From: dev.null@funbox.demon.co.uk (do not reply to this address) X-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:15:39 +0100 Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <38F43EBB.2F79@funbox.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:15:39 +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Thomas Sommers wrote: > In what ways is it fiendishly difficult? Many so-called grammatical > rules, such as to not split infinitives, are nothing but some 18th > century antiquarian's idea of what the language should be, not what it > really is. Try the correct use of the subjunctive. Also, these days even the gerund is often embedded in incorrect usage. And it goes without saying that there is frequently a difference between the colloquial and the correct. -- Tim Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ please reply to: t i m . 6 3 4 @ f u n b o x . d e m o n . c o . u k ======================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message