usenet@soma.UUCP (USENET maintenance) (06/11/86)
This is going to sound picky, BUT a lot two words, not "alot" no one also two words, not "noone" If you don't believe me, look them up. "Hay Alacran de Durango..."
eisaman@ihlpl.UUCP (Eisaman) (06/12/86)
> This is going to sound picky, BUT > > a lot two words, not "alot" > no one also two words, not "noone" > > If you don't believe me, look them up. > I don't think noone cares alot. Tom Eisaman
jrod@ihlpf.UUCP (Rodrigues) (06/12/86)
> This is going to sound picky, BUT > > a lot two words, not "alot" > no one also two words, not "noone" > > If you don't believe me, look them up. > > > "Hay Alacran de Durango..." *** BELOW THIS LINE IS MY MESSAGE *** I did indeed look them up as you suggest, and my dictionary indicates that (to be maximally specific) "a lot" is an ADVERB and "no one" is a PRONOUN; thus, each quoted phrase (i.e., "a lot" and "no one") FUNCTIONS as if it were simply a SINGLE word rather than the 'two (2) words' that you state. [However, and perhaps unfortunately, the American English spelling of those two words does necessitate inserting a space at the position you've indicated.] i s t h i s t h e e n d . . .> ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- !@#$%^&*()_+{}~:"|<>?-=[]`;'\,./!@#$%^&*()_+{}~:"|<>?-=[]`;'\,./!@#$%^&*()_+{ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jim Rodriguez ...!ihnp4!ihlpf!jrod (312) 979-3963 IH 6N234 x3963 AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, Illinois 60566
jbt@burl.UUCP (jbt) (06/13/86)
In article <1000@ihlpl.UUCP> eisaman@ihlpl.UUCP (Eisaman) writes: >> This is going to sound picky, BUT >> >> a lot two words, not "alot" >> no one also two words, not "noone" >> >> If you don't believe me, look them up. >> >I don't think noone cares alot. > >Tom Eisaman Possibly no one cares a lot. Why don't you test that hypothesis on your next job application? It could really impress the reviewers! Jack Turner -- <<I speak only for myself and the thoughts(?) are mine--my wife says so>> Jack B. Turner, Planning Engineer EMSP Project, AT&T Federal Systems Division Burlington, NC Phone - 919/228-4321 (Cornet 291) Usenet- ![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!jbt
dragheb@isis.UUCP (Darius "OPRDRT" Ragheb) (06/15/86)
In article <1312@burl.UUCP> jbt@burl.UUCP (jbt) writes: >>> a lot two words, not "alot" >>> no one also two words, not "noone" >>> >>> >>I don't think noone cares alot. >> > >Possibly no one cares a lot. Why don't you test that hypothesis on >your next job application? It could really impress the reviewers! > I can not believe that this discussion is starting up. How about killing it NOW. This is USENET, not an application for a job, and if it was, big deal...I kannot speel wirth ating, butt eye ame A komputerr sientist...(nd prettty gud att eet two!) This topic is worse than what occurs on net.singles, net.jokes, and net.rumors (and lately net.college). I realize some people will think that I should not post an article saying stop posting about a certain topic, but: if you remember your netiquette (sp? :-) disucssins spelling is as bad as posting abortion articles to net.woman (actually, I have not tried that, so I am talkin thorugh my keyboard). <----last mis-spell-ing due to slow keyboard, not lack of knowledge of English language! -- "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you are with" (^^^^^^) o o (The above are your opinions, < you just don't know it yet :-) |_____| ------> The OPRDRT <------ UUCP: {hplabs, seismo}!hao!isis!dragheb
aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP (06/16/86)
... > No one vs. noone There is already a single word abbreviation for "no one". None. Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana. USEnet: ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew 1101 E. University, Urbana, IL 61801 ARPAnet: aglew@gswd-vms