bentonh@sri-unix (11/12/82)
Heretofor I've avoided comment on the conflict over
most of the articles supporting one argument or the other,
deriving mountains of amusement from the battle.
It is with great satisfaction that I read such
articles as the one included below. I sit and wonder what
drove this poor lexicographer to feel the need to go on the
attach without the aid of his trusty dictionery.
To me, grammer is a personal thing, like style, and
so while I try to avoid ambiguous or misleading phrasing, I
also try equally to avoid formal english (and for entertain-
ment purposes include these little editorial comments, which
I'm not sure are strictly allowed in english at all).
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>From tekcrd!teklabs!ucbcad!ucbvax:decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!greg Wed Nov 10 13:29:59 1982
Subject: Re: Spelling and Grammar
Newsgroups: net.followup
I agree. In addition to "its" and "it's", some of the net correspondants
don't correctly use "then" (meaning "following in time") and "than"
(meaning "differs from" (well, usually)), and "there", they're", and
"their". It may be a small thing, but if someone can't pay attention
to the small things in their (not there or they're) writting, I wonder
about how much attention they pay to their coding practices.....
-- Greg Noel, NCR ....!ucbvax!sdcsvax!greg
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For what it's (do I hear its? going once, going twice,
SOLD to the man with the surprised look on his face) worth,
I've intentionally mispelled a couple of words in this com-
ment, just to keep the few unintentional ones from getting
too lonely. I expect the percentage will figure out to be
about the same as Greg's. Sorry to make you the example
Greg, but I just couldn't contain myself any longer. And
remember "Judge not, lest ye be judged also!" (Does the '!'
go inside or outside the '"'??) Notice I make no judgements,
only comments. No flames please, unless you can make 'em
intertaining! And I represent the crack about coding
practices.
Benton Holzwarth
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