begin quoting Andrew Lentvorski as of Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 01:34:18PM -0700: [snip] > >Wasn't this the sort of madness that *lead* to the creation of ASCII? > > I ... can't ... help ... myself ...
Do. Not. Resist. > <grammar flame> > It's *led*. Past tense of the verb "to lead". No relation to the noun > "lead" which has an atomic symbol of Pb. > > At least get it right when you put it in emphasis. > </grammar flame> Indeed. I am properly chastised. It didn't look right, but I was too tired -- or more likely lazy -- to go back and look at it to see what it was that didn't look right. Although, you were unnecessarily gentle in your chastisement. > I don't know what is causing this. I'm beginning to see it all the > time, and it drives me *nuts*. Yes. Exposure to poor grammar degrades my grammar, and that annoys me. "You understand what I meant, so where's the harm?" has an appropriate response: "It diminishes *my* abilities, and makes *me* look like an idiot, so it harms ME." -- I blame the web. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
