2013-04-08-01T11:40Z
Yes, If I were looking . . . is correct. It conveys the concept of
conditional, contrary to fact: I wasn't looking, but if I had been looking
. . ..
I choose to believe that those who might read or hear such an expression don't
consider it hifalutin' and accept
2013-04-08-01T11:45Z
¡Hear, hear!
If I were the king of the world, this bug and many other bugs would have been
fixed by now.
Dave Stamm
Information Engineer
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shmuel Wolfson
A number of forum members have asked me (a) how to access recordings of
previous webinars in the FrameMaker for Word series and (b) how to stay
abreast of upcoming webinars.
(a)I will start posting announcements in this forum of any webinars that
specifically involve FrameMaker. (Some of
Probably six of one half dozen of the other. My understanding is that were is
used to reference something that would not realistically happen, and was is
for things that could happen from a practical standpoint. One would have to
make assumptions about Art's true intentions to decide whether to
On 2013-Apr-07 11:34 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote:
I hope this isn’t considered too “off topic”.
Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves
all around us, but … might we not better say “if I WERE looking” rather
than “if I WAS looking”? That is, is this not an untrue
I have to side with Stuart and the others who still lean toward established
grammar rules.
Yes, the English language is a dynamic and constantly changing beast. Yes,
communication is our main focus. However, although I may understand someone who
asks for my agreement by querying A-ight?, I am
Jeremy Griffith wrote:
And thus, to avoid being hifalutin' , we return to the original Tech
Writers' Motto, which I had on my office wall in 1960:
Cacography Did Cheap
;-)
I have to admit that I had to look up the meaning of cacography ... :)
And, as a result, would re-word the motto as
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.Integrating web-based videos in your PDFs (with
FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers + Multimedia Asst)
Thursday, April 18
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.Metadata in PDFs authored with FrameMaker
urces and info.
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On 2013-Apr-07 11:34 AM, VLM TechSubs wrote:
> I hope this isn?t considered too ?off topic?.
>
> Perhaps things have changed as our American English language devolves
> all around us, but ? might we not better say ?if I WERE looking? rather
> than ?if I WAS looking?? That is, is this not an untrue
I have to side with Stuart and the others who still lean toward established
grammar rules.
Yes, the English language is a dynamic and constantly changing beast. Yes,
communication is our main focus. However, although I may understand someone who
asks for my agreement by querying "A-ight?", I
Jeremy Griffith wrote:
> And thus, to avoid being "hifalutin' ", we return to the original Tech
> Writers' Motto, which I had on my office wall in 1960:
> "Cacography Did Cheap"
> ;-)
I have to admit that I had to look up the meaning of "cacography" ... :)
And, as a result, would re-word the
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