Re: [ql-users] apostrophes

2006-05-28 Thread Robert Newson
Tony Firshman wrote: ... >> She is nicer than me and you /are/. >> >>Now you see why it's wrong. >> > Indeed, but not completely - it would be "I am" not "I are". As in "She is nicer than you and I am"? Surely it's "we are" not "we am". ___ QL-U

Re: [ql-users] apostrophes

2006-05-28 Thread Tony Firshman
Robert Newson wrote: > John Taylor wrote: > >> "More" can be applied to both quantity and numbers, so why cannot "less" >> It is regular practise now to talk about me and you, not you and I. > > And often wrong: > > She is nicer than me and you. > > is wrong, it should be: > > She

Re: [ql-users] SMS SOS [OT?]

2006-05-28 Thread Marcel Kilgus
P Witte wrote: > A friend of mine may just have won his court case thanks to an SMS he had > the foresight to keep! (Mine are more likely to get me into trouble, but > what the hell! Id like to keep them all the same ;) Wow. I mean even I can send any text message with any sender-number attached t

Re: [ql-users] SMS SOS [OT?]

2006-05-28 Thread P Witte
Marcel writes: >> Im one of those weirdos who actually wants to keep text messages, or >> SMSes, >> as theyre known. > > You have not understood that only meaningless things are send through > SMS that are not worth archiving? ;-) A friend of mine may just have won his court case thanks to an SM

Re: [ql-users] SMS SOS [OT?]

2006-05-28 Thread P Witte
Jon writes: > Maybe http://www.mobileaction.com can help. I have their Handset Manager > software and USB interface for my > NOKIA 7110 and can download SMS's from there to a PC. Thanks for that. It may well do the trick! Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [ql-users] apostrophes

2006-05-28 Thread P Witte
Robert Newson writes: > John Taylor wrote: > >> "More" can be applied to both quantity and numbers, so why cannot "less" >> It is regular practise now to talk about me and you, not you and I. > > And often wrong: > > She is nicer than me and you. > > is wrong, it should be: > > She is ni

Re: [ql-users] apostrophes

2006-05-28 Thread George Gwilt
On 27 May 2006, at 18:00, Dilwyn Jones wrote: > > Except I can't remember who wrote that one originally. Shaw? Yes GBS didit George ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] apostrophes

2006-05-28 Thread Robert Newson
John Taylor wrote: > "More" can be applied to both quantity and numbers, so why cannot "less" > It is regular practise now to talk about me and you, not you and I. And often wrong: She is nicer than me and you. is wrong, it should be: She is nicer than you and I. or She is ni