From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 9 14:49:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CBCA106566B for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:49:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 260D78FC18 for ; Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:49:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMMTC-0005zw-UZ for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:41:32 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:49:05 -0700 Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 07:49:05 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20100609144905.GA92940@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <20100609035151.GA89606@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100609035151.GA89606@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Cc: Subject: Re: TeX qurestions, for anybody who cares to reply... . X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:49:11 -0000 On Jun 08 2010 20:51, Gary Kline wrote: > > He added, ``There are some news groups on the Net that have little to do > with computers, per se. There are groups that argue about politics, > religion, science, art, you name it. I don't waste my time with those.'' > Nice ploy to generate interest in your novel. I'd change "There are some groups on the Net that have little" to "Some groups on the Net have little". Likewise, "There are groups that argue" to "Some groups argue", or perhaps "You can find groups that argue". I try to avoid the passive "There are" whenever possible. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com