On Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:02:27 -0500, Terri FitzSimons wrote:
> Sam Heywood wrote:
>> The above category includes myself. I have two CPM machines, an
> Osborne I and a KayPro II. I hope our Official Grammar Sheriff
> doesn't attempt to correct me on my preceding sentence. I'm somewhat
> afraid he might criticize me by saying I should have written "I have
> two CPM machines, an Osborne one and a KayPro too."<
> You have nothing to fear from the Grammar Sheriff -- at least,
> in this instance. She's won't gig you for not writing "too."
> She is perfectly aware there was a machine which bore the
> designation "II" as part of its name.
Oh, I didn't know our Sheriff was a female woman. I had previously seen
her referred to as "he". I suppose that is OK. I was taught that when
the gender of a person is unknown, it is correct to refer to the person by
using the masculine pronouns "he", "him", and "his". Nowadays the female
women of the uppity variety are trying to change the law on this matter,
but no proposed new ordinance has ever been officially approved, acceded to,
or ratified.
All the best,
Sam Heywood
P.S. Before sending this message I dutifully ran spell check. It passed
with flying colors. Still I thought there was something wrong with the
way I had spelled something. So I decided to change my spelling of
"ordnance" to "ordinance". Did I do right? According to spell check,
either spelling is perfectly OK.
Another P.S. In Warren County, Virginia, the County Sheriff is a man
named Lynn.
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