On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:36:00PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And which grammatical rule suggests the apostrophes?
It's the standard rule for pluralizing single lower-case letters.
Chicago Manual of Style, 13th ed; 6.9--10:
Hmm, OK. A
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 04:36:44PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
Cmon people, its getting a bit OT to argue about the grammer of the
announcment isnt it (as long as the numbers are correct).
Actually, I was genuinely curious.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hmm, OK. A real reference. I'd always assumed it was just poor
practice (given that the general population has serious trouble
with the apostrophe).
I wonder if this applies to British/Australian English as well.
The older rule was to put in more
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 12:38:18AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hmm, OK. A real reference. I'd always assumed it was just poor
practice (given that the general population has serious trouble
with the apostrophe).
I wonder if this
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 12:15:53PM -0500, Rob Mahurin wrote:
is prefered to Choice #2: Anand Kumria (165-31)
"Preferred" has two r's.
I'd think so, too, but some people seem to say "canceled" instead of
"cancelled"...
--
Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 06:27:14PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
Hmm, OK. A real reference. I'd always assumed it was just poor
practice (given that the general population has serious trouble
with the apostrophe).
And without the apostrophe, how would you unambiguously talk about
several as?
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:19:46PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
Debatable. Unmarked votes can also be counted as "equally last", so
that "--1--" count is the same as "22122". The constitution is unclear
on this (as well as many other things), which is why AJ, Buddha Buck,
Raul, and a couple
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Start with 1, don't skip any numbers, don't repeat. To vote
"no, no matter what" do not leave an option black but rank "None Of
The Above" higher than the unacceptable choices.
So what exactly is "open for interpretation"?
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 05:11:12PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
Start with 1, don't skip any numbers, don't repeat. To vote
"no, no matter what" do not leave an option black but rank "None Of
The Above" higher than the unacceptable choices.
So what exactly is
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:40:56PM -0500, Rob Mahurin wrote:
Only the fool would take trouble to verify that his sentence was
composed of ten a's, three b's, four c's, four d's, forty-six e's,
sixteen f's, four g's, thirteen h's, fifteen i's, two k's, nine l's,
four m's, twenty-five n's,
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:16:16PM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote:
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:40:56PM -0500, Rob Mahurin wrote:
Only the fool would take trouble to verify that his sentence was
composed of ten a's, three b's, four c's, four d's, forty-six e's,
sixteen f's, four g's,
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And which grammatical rule suggests the apostrophes?
It's the standard rule for pluralizing single lower-case letters.
Chicago Manual of Style, 13th ed; 6.9--10:
6.9: So far as it can be done without confusion, single or multiple
letters used as
Cmon people, its getting a bit OT to argue about the grammer of the
announcment isnt it (as long as the numbers are correct).
Glenn
Glenn McGrath [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Cmon people, its getting a bit OT to argue about the grammer of the
announcment isnt it (as long as the numbers are correct).
C'mon people, it's getting a bit OT to argue about the grammar of the
announcement, isn't it? (as long as the numbers are
Ben Collins wrote:
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 07:47:47AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
Ok, voting is over, Ben Collins is our new leader.
I'm literally overwhelmed.
Congratulations! Keep up the good work.
Thanks,
--
Eray (exa) Ozkural
Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara
e-mail:
Steve Greenland [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
IOW, if I only mark --1--, then my vote is as good as nothing, since I
made no preference of one over the other. So not specifying a rank in
the order pretty much alleviates that choice in the tally for that
particular vote.
Debatable.
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:36:00PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And which grammatical rule suggests the apostrophes?
It's the standard rule for pluralizing single lower-case letters.
Chicago Manual of Style, 13th ed; 6.9--10:
Hmm, OK. A real
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 04:36:44PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
Cmon people, its getting a bit OT to argue about the grammer of the
announcment isnt it (as long as the numbers are correct).
Actually, I was genuinely curious.
Hamish
--
Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hmm, OK. A real reference. I'd always assumed it was just poor
practice (given that the general population has serious trouble
with the apostrophe).
I wonder if this applies to British/Australian English as well.
The older rule was to put in more
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 12:38:18AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
Hamish Moffatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hmm, OK. A real reference. I'd always assumed it was just poor
practice (given that the general population has serious trouble
with the apostrophe).
I wonder if this applies
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 12:15:53PM -0500, Rob Mahurin wrote:
is prefered to Choice #2: Anand Kumria (165-31)
Preferred has two r's.
I'd think so, too, but some people seem to say canceled instead of
cancelled...
--
Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 06:27:14PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
Hmm, OK. A real reference. I'd always assumed it was just poor
practice (given that the general population has serious trouble
with the apostrophe).
And without the apostrophe, how would you unambiguously talk about
several as?
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 10:19:46PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote:
Debatable. Unmarked votes can also be counted as equally last, so
that --1-- count is the same as 22122. The constitution is unclear
on this (as well as many other things), which is why AJ, Buddha Buck,
Raul, and a couple of
Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Start with 1, don't skip any numbers, don't repeat. To vote
no, no matter what do not leave an option black but rank None Of
The Above higher than the unacceptable choices.
So what exactly is open for interpretation?
Whether
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 05:11:12PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
Start with 1, don't skip any numbers, don't repeat. To vote
no, no matter what do not leave an option black but rank None Of
The Above higher than the unacceptable choices.
So what exactly is open
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