From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 22 09:13:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BC9937B401 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 09:13:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net (smtp0.adl1.internode.on.net [203.16.214.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3722543F85 for ; Thu, 22 May 2003 09:13:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smckay@internode.on.net) Received: from dungeon.home (ppp788.qld.padsl.internode.on.net [150.101.184.19])h4MGDPMO064586; Fri, 23 May 2003 01:43:25 +0930 (CST) Received: from dungeon.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dungeon.home (8.12.8p1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h4MGDNLR016491; Fri, 23 May 2003 02:13:24 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from mckay) Message-Id: <200305221613.h4MGDNLR016491@dungeon.home> To: brian@planetshwoop.com References: <20030520203225.GA30587@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: from brian@planetshwoop.com at "Wed, 21 May 2003 02:19:42 +0000" Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 02:13:23 +1000 From: Stephen McKay cc: chat@freebsd.org cc: Stephen McKay Subject: Re: grammar (was Re: Fwd: ESR/OSI's Unix/Linux-history-laden treatise on SCO vs. IBM) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 16:13:34 -0000 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! Stephen.