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Ah, but isn't that the point of this thread and its predecessor: writers who find the language too much trouble?
I do know how to work around these situations. The issue is that it's way too much work with no benefit except to please the folk who consider this really important, and I don't agree with them. I'm not a professor of English, but I'm also not illiterate. I'm not sloppy. I do care about communicating well.
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Well, to quote an old saying, "Knowledge is power", so if somebody knows the method that another person is using to get rid of them, that could be a good thing.
Oh...on second thought, that should have been...if somebody "no's"...
I have to try to remember to use modern English whenever possible.
Here is some interesting and enlightening commentary, from The L.A. Times, on the topic of how our language has evolved.
No, I am not necessarily supporting some of the more recent changes in language usage, but the article does prove that this phenomenon is not a new one.
If you said yes he would NO you are on the edge , There is no twice has bad your already at it to take such a deal. You would take 2 minutes believe me over what you in, I cannot think even death would be has bad. If you said no you have thought about it, and still functioning in some form. Medication and or therapy may be offered. .. . WELCOME TO YOUR STAY IN HE ZOO
I think some posters must be robots that were originally designed for some non-Indo-European language. That kind of reminds me of a translating web site, but then even that doesn't explain it all.
I think some posters must be robots that were originally designed for some non-Indo-European language. That kind of reminds me of a translating web site, but then even that doesn't explain it all.
Can we assume that this post was not written in relation to a plane/bus/train ticket?
Would the person who wrote that gem "no" the difference between a fair price and an unfair one?
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