Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 23:58:59 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, "Stephen McKay" <smckay@internode.on.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: grammar (was Re: Fwd: ESR/OSI's Unix/Linux-history-ladentreatise on SCO vs. IBM) Message-ID: <00ae01c32668$2ff5ad70$2441d5cc@nitanjared> References: <p05200f42baf03c5204ce@[192.168.254.205]><20030520203225.GA30587@thyrsus.com> <xxbrxxw0b0.rxx@localhost.localdomain><Pine.LNX.4.53.0305202116560.9778@monet.psys.org><200305221613.h4MGDNLR016491@dungeon.home> <3ECD3A8C.1040506@potentialtech.com>
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From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Stephen McKay" <smckay@internode.on.net> Cc: <chat@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 4:01 PM Subject: Re: grammar (was Re: Fwd: ESR/OSI's Unix/Linux-history-ladentreatise on SCO vs. IBM) > Stephen McKay wrote: > > On Wednesday, 21st May 2003, brian@planetshwoop.com wrote: > > > >>On Tue, 20 May 2003, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > >> > >>>What's worse is that y'all apply the same old propaganda about gifts to > >> ^^^^^ > >> > >>You commend his grammar and then stick that whammie in there? > >> > >>You, not "y'all". Please. > > > > No! No! It is merely artistic flair! > > > > Once he's established his impeccable grasp of grammar he is permitted to > > bend it in order to demonstrate his grasp of the vernacular, hence showing > > he not only knows the Official Grammar, but also a Dialect. It's a solid > > points scorer. > > > > This isn't the same as the 99% of Internet users who believe a valid > > contraction of "you are" is "your", or the other new percent who know > > about "you're", but believe it is a possessive pronoun. > > > > Salt with :-) as necessary, and enjoy your language! > > Are you talking about the people who don't know the difference between > "then" and "than" and think that "sux" is spelled properly? > The spelling of this word as "sux" is permissible as a visual rhyme during religious flame wars, e.g. "Tux sux!" Kevin Kinsey grammar-nazi-in-training
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