  wolfox Gentle Wolfox
join:2002-11-27 Dunnellon, FL | reply to Grail Knight Re: Good Response
With a herring? |
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  Grail Knight Who Dares Wins Premium join:2003-05-31 | reply to tapeloop Well if this darn snow would go away I could tend to my shrubbery!  |
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  antwanp Beyond FM, Beyond AM, XM Satellite Radio Premium join:2002-05-14 Cedar Hill, TX clubs:  | reply to tapeloop Lol!
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  tapeloop 1959. I try to kick the ball. I miss. Premium join:2004-06-27 Airstrip One
| reply to Grail Knight Heh. So by criticizing your post satirizing people who criticize grammar, I created a sort of recursive irony. 
"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!!!" 
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  Grail Knight Who Dares Wins Premium join:2003-05-31
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| reply to tapeloop The Knights who say "Ni--!".
Of course my ref. to grammar was in jest to those that would pick others apart. Granted a lawyer should have proof read his work. -- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1 AviaryThunderbird version 20050222 1.0.1 Aviary |
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  pc319 Premium join:2002-04-24 The Q 1 edit | reply to Grail Knight I thought that the word "it's" is another way to say "It is". That is what the apostrophe is for.
I think the word you are thinking of is "its" signifies ownership.
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  tapeloop 1959. I try to kick the ball. I miss. Premium join:2004-06-27 Airstrip One
| reply to Grail Knight said by Grail Knight :First error I see is the use of It's, there is no ownership in this instance so It is would be used. Can't should be "cannot". Silly grammar nitpicking yet it was pointed out for the Vendor's lawyer showing we all make mistakes. Um...you do know that "it's" is a contraction of "it is" right? So the 2 can be used interchangeably.
»www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/its.html »www.stormloader.com/garyes/its/#top »www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/its.html
Use of "can't" is a preference. While grammatically correct, one should avoid the use of contractions in formal correspondence. I don't think internet message boards qualify. 
Appropriate that you would choose "it's" to nitpick, considering that you seem to be a Python fan.  |
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  Grail Knight Who Dares Wins Premium join:2003-05-31
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| reply to ROCINANTE 2112 First error I see is the use of It's, there is no ownership in this instance so It is would be used.
Can't should be "cannot".
Silly grammar nitpicking yet it was pointed out for the Vendor's lawyer showing we all make mistakes.  -- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1 Aviary--Thunderbird version 20050222 1.0.1 Aviary |
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  ROCINANTE 2112 Original Member 007
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| reply to entropy1 The perfect world of grammar we live in. Perhaps you should recheck your post again for errors. I see two without trying. 
It is refreshing to be able to read the legal response to Mr. Hopkins. I hope that in due course, the outcome proves advantageous to the Anti-Spyware Vendors and the users that rely on their information to keep their computers secure. -- Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050221 Firefox/1.0.1Thunderbird version 20050220 1.0.1 Aviary |
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  W8ASA Tieng gi vay?
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  entropy1 Premium join:2002-09-25 | reply to IhatemyISP Yes, nice, but the grammar issues did detract from it. It's somewhat disappointing to see that the person defending this issue can't even write well. ("...in a MANNER of minutes..."?)
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