Date: 10 Feb 2001 15:28:25 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laugh: [Fwd: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-008] Message-ID: <xzpu2628vee.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: naddy@mips.inka.de's message of "Sat, 10 Feb 2001 00:15:04 %2B0000 (UTC)" References: <xzpzofxffa2.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <4.3.2.7.2.20010208193726.04763b10@localhost> <20010209143121.J16260@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20010209153743.D18596@cs.mcgill.ca> <962168$1abq$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) writes: > Semantically, "on" can be either: > - An impersonal third person, like German "man". In English the > same is expressed variously with one/you/they or passive voice. > - First person plural in colloquial language. While "on" as first person plural is common in colloquial speech, it is grammatically incorrect. You'll rarely see it used that way in writing, and my mother still corrects me when I do so in her presence :) DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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