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Date:      Sat, 18 Apr 1998 20:37:56 -0400
From:      "Jason" <jasonc@concentric.net>
To:        <ac199@hwcn.org>, "Alok K. Dhir" <adhir@worldbank.org>
Cc:        <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>, <jak@cetlink.net>, <peter@netplex.com.au>, <des@FreeBSD.ORG>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Correct English style
Message-ID:  <001001bd6b2b$6b83afc0$023aa8c0@k6-200>

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And all this has to do with FreeBSD in what way?
:)

Jason (with a Midwestern American Accent)

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>
To: Alok K. Dhir <adhir@worldbank.org>
Cc: danny@panda.hilink.com.au <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>; jak@cetlink.net
<jak@cetlink.net>; peter@netplex.com.au <peter@netplex.com.au>;
des@FreeBSD.ORG <des@FreeBSD.ORG>; chat@FreeBSD.ORG <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Saturday, April 18, 1998 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: Correct English style


>On Sat, 18 Apr 1998, Alok K. Dhir wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 18 Apr 1998 danny@panda.hilink.com.au wrote:
>>
>> > When someone who learnt English as a second language corrects English
>>                    ^^^^^^
>>
>> That's "learned". :-)
>
>Not in my dictionary.  :)
>
>Exceptions, special-cases, varied tenses, etc. are signs of
>cultural sophistication within a language, and I will not have
>English brought to the level of a four-year old!  "Learned" vs.
>"learnt", of course, probably depends partly on which dialect's
>dictionary you are checking.
>
>Incidenctally, I happen to believe that the past-tense of "to
>fit" is "fat" (one of several ideosyncracies in my own personal
>dialect).  Consider yourself warned.  :-)
>
>
>--
> tIM...HOEk
>OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names
>              hoping that the resultant code will run faster.
>
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