Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread WILLIAM WAUGH
Not according to Mrs Bobbitt  (: From: Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, 22 March 2013, 9:17 Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today On 21/03/13 23:51, Tony Firshman wrote: ... but grammar is the foundation of

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread Tony Firshman
Norman Dunbar wrote, on 22/Mar/13 09:17 | Mar22: On 21/03/13 23:51, Tony Firshman wrote: ... but grammar is the foundation of language *and* understanding. Let grammar slip and meaning becomes less clear, or even entirely different! Punctuation and spaces too are important: The pen is

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread George Gwilt
On 21 Mar 2013, at 23:51, Tony Firshman wrote: George Gwilt wrote, on 21/Mar/13 11:05 | Mar21: On 20 Mar 2013, at 21:06, Tony Firshman wrote: Thankyou to everybody for correcting my grammer, I am now considered told off. so I had better not tell you of for your spelling of

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread Dave Park
I find some irony in that a thread about the demise of QL Today has degenerated into a conversation of violent agreement about grammar! -- Dave Park Sandy Electronics, LLC d...@sinclairql.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread George Gwilt
On 22 Mar 2013, at 15:00, Dave Park wrote: I find some irony in that a thread about the demise of QL Today has degenerated into a conversation of violent agreement about grammar! It's probably better than wondering what the plural of referendum is, which is exercising many in Scotland just

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread Norman Dunbar
On 22/03/13 15:52, George Gwilt wrote: plural of referendum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum#Terminology Referendums because, apparently, referenda doesn't mean more than one, in Latin. Wonder how far off topic this will lead us .. ;-) Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread Dilwyn Jones
I find some irony in that a thread about the demise of QL Today has degenerated into a conversation of violent agreement about grammar! It's probably better than wondering what the plural of referendum is, which is exercising many in Scotland just now. What? Is that more important than the

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread Dilwyn Jones
-Original Message- From: Norman Dunbar Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 3:57 PM To: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today On 22/03/13 15:52, George Gwilt wrote: plural of referendum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum#Terminology Referendums because, apparently,

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread QL-MyLink (f/fh)
Tony said - ... but grammar is the foundation of language *and* understanding. Let grammar slip and meaning becomes less clear, or even entirely different! No one, least of all those who write 'code', could fail to see the importance of this. But this list is open (and usually overtly

Re: [Ql-Users] QL Today

2013-03-22 Thread Billy
poorer and fewer perhaps he he all the best Bill Sent from my ASUS Pad QL-MyLink (f/fh) q...@mylink.adsl24.co.uk wrote: Tony said - ... but grammar is the foundation of language *and* understanding. Let grammar slip and meaning becomes less clear, or even entirely different! No one,