I think we've gone too far from SERIAL port...we reach the PARALLEL port to PRINTER..
--- "Syd Levine (AnaLog)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I never write unnecessarily long sentences > unless I absolutely have > to, or unless I forget to take my medications, or on > Tuesdays that fall on a > full moon; and I avoid the use of too many > punctuation marks, especially in > the short sentences I firmly believe in; otherwise I > might be guilty of what > a grade school teacher I had long ago called "run-on > sentences", but of > course I would never do that. > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list CHIPDIR-L" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 6:19 PM > > > > > I think it's not our fault but that of the > Englisch speakers: > > > Their sentence structure is very rigid and > doesn't lend itself > > > much for the content rich long sentences that we > are used too. > > > > Long sentences are perfectly possible in English, > as long as you get the > > punctuation right. Admittedly a lot of English > speakers are lazy and > break > > the sentences up into small, easy to manage chunks > just to alleviate the > > need to work out where to put the commas etc! > > > > > But the main problem is the way that the use of > short sentences > > > has affected their brains over time: They just > can't stay > > > concentrated long enough during long sentences > anymore to > > > understand the subtle nuances of what we try to > express. > > > > That last sentence doesn't scan to me... The just > is superfluous. The > > anymore needs to be worked into the sentence in a > different manner to make > > it sound right. You also mixed past and present > tenses! ;-) > > > > Something like this is better: They can no longer > stay concentrated for > long > > enough during long sentences to understand the > subtle nuances of what we > are > > trying to express. > > > > Just to demonstrate, long sentences are perfectly > acceptable in English > > language, as long as you use the correct > punctuation in the right places > to > > let the reader draw breath appropriately, as > otherwise the reader doesn't > > know how the sentence splits up until after > they've read and thought about > > it, which spoils the meaning and generally makes > the words meaningless. > > > > I was taught there should be punctuation wherever > you pause when reading a > > sentence if the punctuation is right. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Richard - (not American... :) > > (and trying to be educational, not having a go at > anyone) > > > > -- > > Author: Richard Purdie > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- > http://www.fatcity.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > CHIPDIR-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be > removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). > > > > > -- > Author: Syd Levine \(AnaLog\) > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- > http://www.fatcity.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > CHIPDIR-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). ===== Ronnie B. Tabanao Everything Electronics Services #06 Juan Luna St.,La Castellana,Negros Occidental 6131 Philippines __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html -- Author: rhonn tabanao INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
