Re: [python-committers] English 'precise' is only an adjective, not a verb.

2011-04-26 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 02:01:02PM +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote: > I have a T-shirt that says "English doesn't borrow from other > languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks > them down and goes through their pockets for loose grammar." (it's a > paraphrase of an older quote,

Re: [python-committers] English 'precise' is only an adjective, not a verb.

2011-04-25 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Jesus Cea wrote: > Thanks for the nice explanation. I find interesting that english, being > so used to interchange verbs, adjetives and nouns, is so picky here :). I have a T-shirt that says "English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other lang

Re: [python-committers] English 'precise' is only an adjective, not a verb.

2011-04-25 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 25/04/11 21:44, Terry Reedy wrote: > This mistake, which I have seen before, has an understandable reason. > 'Precise' is derived (borrowed) from the French "pre'cis" which is at Thanks for the nice explanation. I find interesting that english, bei

Re: [python-committers] English 'precise' is only an adjective, not a verb.

2011-04-25 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:29 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >> For the benefit of people who are not native-English speakers and who >> wish to write literate English: The English word 'precise' is only an >> adjective, and not a verb, so the above does not work as an English >> sentence. >> I find

Re: [python-committers] English 'precise' is only an adjective, not a verb.

2011-04-25 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> For the benefit of people who are not native-English speakers and who > wish to write literate English: The English word 'precise' is only an > adjective, and not a verb, so the above does not work as an English > sentence. > > This mistake, which I have seen before, has an understandable reason

Re: [python-committers] English 'precise' is only an adjective, not a verb.

2011-04-25 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le lundi 25 avril 2011 à 15:44 -0400, Terry Reedy a écrit : > > Alexander's changesets are part of that, since he didn't precise where > > For the benefit of people who are not native-English speakers and who > wish to write literate English: The English word 'precise' is only an > adjective, an

[python-committers] English 'precise' is only an adjective, not a verb.

2011-04-25 Thread Terry Reedy
Alexander's changesets are part of that, since he didn't precise where For the benefit of people who are not native-English speakers and who wish to write literate English: The English word 'precise' is only an adjective, and not a verb, so the above does not work as an English sentence.