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| Thread ID: 45304 | 2004-05-17 23:49:00 | News: IDG & aardvark - What's Going On? | stu120404 (268) | Press F1 |
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| 237313 | 2004-05-18 04:15:00 | >Nice, You sucked the life right out of it. Excellent - I'm a better sub-editor than I thought <grin> >I wonder if Benny Hill was stopped mid-show so grammer errors could >be dwelled upon Errr that'd be grammar wouldn't it? |
marke (457) | ||
| 237314 | 2004-05-18 04:20:00 | Don't make me ban you Mark. I'm feeling short changed in that department this week .... | Biggles (121) | ||
| 237315 | 2004-05-18 04:22:00 | Hmmm ... who has the power??!! ;-) Gee ... give some guys a badge and they think they're [THUMP .... ow ... no reason to resort to violence Bruce, I was just trying to provide some levity!] Off air now .... </mark> |
marke (457) | ||
| 237316 | 2004-05-18 04:28:00 | > Don't make me ban you Mark. I'm feeling short changed > in that department this week .... > Hmmm ... who has the power??!! ;-) > > Gee ... give some guys a badge and they think they're > [THUMP .... ow ... no reason to resort to violence > Bruce, I was just trying to provide some levity!] :^O lol! :D ;\ |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 237317 | 2004-05-18 04:29:00 | >I was just trying to provide some levity! OED says: Levity: 1: Lack of serious thought. 2: inconsistancy 3: undignified behaviour. I'd say you succeeded. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 237318 | 2004-05-18 04:45:00 | >I should add that if anyone is interested in writing content for Computerworld >who can a) write clearly and well awww shucks.....thats me out then ;-) |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 237319 | 2004-05-18 04:45:00 | One must stew in ones own juice,at least you tried Marke,next time try harder. | Young Tom (5503) | ||
| 237320 | 2004-05-18 06:08:00 | English is spelt with a capital e. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 237321 | 2004-05-18 06:33:00 | Love it,keep going you guys!Do I detect a less tense atmosphere these days? ;\ |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 237322 | 2004-05-18 06:42:00 | > English is spelt with a capital e. I'd say that's at least arguable IMHO. I understood correct general usage to be that when you refer to "English" meaning either the people who live in England, or the language itself you capitalise it. When it is used in an adjectival sense, you don't. So in other words (to illustrate the point): 1) He was English not French (correct) 2) The language he spoke resembled English (correct - since english is used as a noun) 3) You show a tendency to mangle the english language. (correct since english is used as an adjective to moderate the noun language) But I could be wrong (I may be mis-remembering). I'll check my copy of Fowler's Modern English Usage if I remember, and let you know. I found this, but it's not completely clear on that particular fine point of distinction between using the word English (as a noun) and english (as an adjective). Any English teachers who know for sure?? (it's been a while since I did English at Uni) Mark |
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