mmeyer@m2.csc.ti.com (Mark Meyer) (01/17/90)
In article <2714@paperboy.OSF.ORG> dbrooks@penge.osf.org (David Brooks) writes: > Why can't Mobil get a simple piece >of grammar right (a pronoun should agree with their antecedent)? ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ Sorry, I just couldn't resist pointing this out. Or is this one of those unmarked pieces of sarcasm that have been turning up in this group? -- Mark Meyer USENET: {ut-sally!im4u,convex!smu,sun!texsun}!ti-csl!mmeyer Texas Instruments, Inc. CSNET : mmeyer@TI-CSL Every day, Jerry Junkins is grateful that I don't speak for TI. "There's nothing wrong with you that an expensive operation can't prolong."
jgk@osc.COM (Joe Keane) (01/19/90)
In article <106298@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> mmeyer@m2.csc.ti.com (Mark Meyer) writes: >In article <2714@paperboy.OSF.ORG> dbrooks@penge.osf.org (David Brooks) >writes: >> Why can't Mobil get a simple piece >>of grammar right (a pronoun should agree with their antecedent)? > ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ > > Sorry, I just couldn't resist pointing this out. Or is this >one of those unmarked pieces of sarcasm that have been turning up in >this group? Oh boy, Mr. Meyer just shot way up on my peeve list. Three good peeves. 1. A followup failing to detect sarcasm in the original post. 2. ``Sorry, i couldn't resist.'' I see this too much. What kind of BS is this? Of course you could resist, but you didn't. Then you apologize for something you're going to do anyway. 3. People who say ``Excuse me.'' when walking anywhere near you, even though there is enough room to fit each of your mothers in between. (In case you can't tell, this has nothing to do with Mr. Meyer.)