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. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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