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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> I think a sentence would change its meaning (even if subtly) if you
>>> changed "i.e." to "e.g." or vice-versa.
>
>> I'm not sure I understand. That is, can you give an example?
Whoosh!
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:39:25 +0100, scott wrote:
>> Admittedly, "tryed" is a rare form, considered largely obsolete in most
>> cases, but it is nevertheless a valid spelling.
>
> Oh I didn't know that, but then I don't think he should be teaching that
> to his English class! I wouldn't want my German teacher to teach me
> some word is spelt a certain way, but actually 99.9% of people spell it
> a different way - it makes no sense.
I wouldn't disagree with that - the common spelling would be the
appropriate way to spell it unless there was a reason why he wasn't.
Sometimes teachers are just weird. ;-)
Jim
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:02:16 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>> Warp wrote:
>>>> I think a sentence would change its meaning (even if subtly) if you
>>>> changed "i.e." to "e.g." or vice-versa.
>>
>>> I'm not sure I understand. That is, can you give an example?
>
> Whoosh!
LOL, but you have to admit that Warp's example was quite good. :-)
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> LOL, but you have to admit that Warp's example was quite good. :-)
Yes, and I appreciate the effort that went into developing it. I just
thought it would spoil any modicum of humor in the request to point out
that it was actually supposed to be humorous. :-)
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:10:44 -0800, Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> LOL, but you have to admit that Warp's example was quite good. :-)
>
> Yes, and I appreciate the effort that went into developing it. I just
> thought it would spoil any modicum of humor in the request to point out
> that it was actually supposed to be humorous. :-)
Well, if it helps, it made *me* laugh when I read it.:-)
Jim
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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> - People who constantly confuse the words "than" and "then".
That is one thing I hate about this webcomic:
http://www.abstractgender.com/?comic=55
http://www.abstractgender.com/?comic=74
http://www.abstractgender.com/?comic=78
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- Warp
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