Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 05:29:23 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> Cc: "David J. Weller-Fahy" <dave-lists-freebsd-newbies@weller-fahy.com> Subject: Re: Time to shut down this list? Message-ID: <41D14393.7080803@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <200412280212.20958.krinklyfig@spymac.com> References: <6587631D.5034AB43.0F75C5EC@netscape.net> <200412280020.16012.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <20041228094838.GA32901@weller-fahy.com> <200412280212.20958.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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Joshua Tinnin wrote: >On Tuesday 28 December 2004 01:48 am, "David J. Weller-Fahy" ><dave-lists-freebsd-newbies@weller-fahy.com> wrote: > > >>* Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> [2004-12-28 09:20 +0100]: >> >> >>>"freebsd-questions >>> >>> > >OK, once again that's supposed to be -newbies, but you knew that ... >man, not proofreading my email ... > > > >>>is a general discussion forum for new FreeBSD users >>>to share their experiences and to help each other with non-technical >>>issues. It is not a technical help or support list. See: >>>http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ " >>> >>> >>What about: >> >>Please use this list for general problem solving, sharing ideas, and >>moral support. Take specific technical issues to freebsd-questions. >> >>Most of that's from the charter. >> >> > >Personally, I like that better than mine. I think that pretty much says >everything. Maybe "technical support issues," although that might be >redundant. One nitpicky thing - although punctuation rules say it's >technically correct to use a comma before the last item in a series, >that is archaic usage, and the most commonly accepted modern rule is to >leave it off. So, it would be better as: "... problem solving, sharing >ideas and moral support." It's not that big of a deal, but it's better >to use accepted punctuation rules, and, besides, if it ends up the >other way it's going to drive me crazy. Sorry, but I was raised by a >mom who's an English teacher ... > >- jt > > My college English teacher said it was only ok for news papers to leave it off so they could save space. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >
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