On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:33 PM, James K. Lowden <jklow...@schemamania.org> > wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 07:40:43 -0400 > > Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > PS: backward compatibility, no s, no? > > > > > > > > > > A google search shows that you see it both ways - with and without the > > > "s". I've always used the "s". > > > > http://www.perfectyourenglish.com/vocabulary/backward-backwards.htm > > > > Two countries divided by a common tongue. > > > > > Except, I speak Southern English, not British English. And I can promise > you that we southerners prefer to add the "s" to the end of "backwards". > I'm not sure PerfectYourEnglish necessarily has all their facts straight. > While it is debatable as to whether Texas is part of the south, I too used backwards until an old retired school teacher, who was substituting one day, scared me out of using it anymore. -- Scott Robison _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
