Thanks for the reference, I will go check it out. On Dec 27, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> If you really want to learn almost all of the important aspects of writing in > the English language, the reference I use with frequency is "Elements of > Style," by Strunk and White. There is a no cost online version that you can > find with google. > > For listserv posts, the grammar needn't be too great as long as your meaning > can be easily derived. In business and other correspondence Professor Strunk > and EB White have pulled my butt out of lingual disasters pretty often. > > cdh > On Dec 27, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Ah your correct and my error. THanks for pointing my mistake out, it will >> help me remember and improve. :) >> On Dec 27, 2009, at 10:11 AM, Chris Hofstader wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Because I was an English major in graduate school, I can't help myself: >>> You wrote, "sometimes, "There is no right or wrong answer here Erik, merely >>> objective points of view..." This is "subjective" rather than "objective" >>> points of view. An objective measurement of a computing device might be >>> how quickly it sorts a set of items - this results in a metric which can be >>> compared without user influence on the outcome. Subjective is, "I like the >>> iPhone because it feels really nice in my hand." which has no way to >>> specifically define a metric for "feels good" so falls into subjectivity. >>> >>> Kill me before I turn entirely back into Conan the Grammarian! >>> >>> cdh >>> On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:57 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: >>> >>>> There is no right or wrong answer here Erik, merely objective points of >>>> view >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
