Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:15:39 +0100 From: dev.null@funbox.demon.co.uk (do not reply to this address) To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <38F43EBB.2F79@funbox.demon.co.uk>
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Thomas Sommers wrote: > In what ways is it fiendishly difficult? Many so-called grammatical > rules, such as to not split infinitives, are nothing but some 18th > century antiquarian's idea of what the language should be, not what it > really is. Try the correct use of the subjunctive. Also, these days even the gerund is often embedded in incorrect usage. And it goes without saying that there is frequently a difference between the colloquial and the correct. -- Tim Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ please reply to: t i m . 6 3 4 @ f u n b o x . d e m o n . c o . u k ======================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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