Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 15:59:18 -0700 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: grammar Message-ID: <20030530225918.GA42423@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030531085245.T33085@welearn.com.au> References: <3ECD3A8C.1040506@potentialtech.com> <00ae01c32668$2ff5ad70$2441d5cc@nitanjared> <20030531072026.O33085@welearn.com.au> <20030530213625.GA41089@wopr.caltech.edu> <20030531080645.Q33085@welearn.com.au> <20030530221619.GA41668@wopr.caltech.edu> <20030531084138.R33085@welearn.com.au> <20030530224550.GA42158@wopr.caltech.edu> <20030531085245.T33085@welearn.com.au>
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On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 08:52:45AM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > Like I said, what stops people from using "if" in the first place? > Is there some taboo against two letter words, does it make one > feel less learned, or does "if" make it ambiguous for English > speakers in other countries? I see no problem with it if nobody else does. I think it's just an example of people using a longer phrase where a short one will do. -- Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> * UNIX is a lever for the http://www.pobox.com/~mph/ * intellect. -J.R. Mashey
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