On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Matthew Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:22:39 -0400, stosss <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> [...] and you are the only one whining. >>> >>> He's the only one saying anything (so far), but he's explicitly *not* >>> the only one who finds this annoying. I, for instance, do as well. >>> >>> If you want to offer patches, great. Don't insult anyyone who >> disagrees in the process. >> >> Just because you or anyone else disagrees >> with me or anyone else pointing out an error in grammar doesn't mean >> we are wrong and you are right. If there is an error it is wrong. > > Whilst I can only obviously agree with that, your tone comes across as > more than a little confrontational. Admittedly, there have been > disagreements with some of your suggestions, but each suggestion is > taken on its individual merit. Therefore, you shouldn't assume that > the next suggestion is automatically going to be rejected. > > You could have easily stopped your original post [0] before writing > "To all who disagree..." and it would have had exactly the same value > as it did without inflaming things on this list. > > Also, how can you claim that phrases like "Stuff like this needs > to be corrected because it doesn't present a favorable impression on > people who understand proper grammar." are not insulting? We do > understand proper grammar, but sometimes typos or other mistakes > slip through the net. We are only human after all! > > [0] http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-book/2010-March/025118.html >
Yes I could have and probably should have. What I find amazing is that people would take offense to that statement. Why should anyone take offense to that statement? There is nothing offensive about it. Also I have never implied that anyone on these lists or using these books is stupid or idiots or unable to understand proper grammar. There have been some who insisted on arguing that what they believe to be right was, when in fact it was not. When people want to argue or continue their argument even after it has been proven that their argument is wrong, well.... If people get offended because their mistake was brought to light by them arguing, that is is their own fault. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
