alex lupu wrote:
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Paul Rogers <[email protected]>
wrote:
In the apache-ant description, "kind of like" is an idiom peculiar to
Americans of a certain age and generation. I dare say it would make
your English teacher's eyes roll! "Resembles" is perfectly correct
English that would be understood worldwide.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/there-is-no-proper-english-1426258286?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird
Maybe so Alex, but thee are structures that we use in speaking that just don't
come across well in technical writing. Goodness knows that we use enough
specialized language in LFS.
-- Bruce
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