Thank you pointing out my typo in "couse". That really helps me.

Interesting, my intention was not to "Pedanticly nitpick about English
usage" when I posted that link on dangling modifiers. The idea was, as
always, very simple - to help a person improve his language. Frankly,
I don't understand why you and some others are getting so defensive
about that my post with just one short line - a link to wikipedia
article. There were no any attack/nitpick at all. Guys, let's live
friendly lives! :-)


On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Olin Lathrop
<olin_piclist@embedinc.com> wrote:
> Marechiare wrote:
>> I wrote (couse I love English :-)
>
> If you're going to be this pedantic about other people's use of english,
> someone is going to pick apart what you wrote too. =A0In only 33 characte=
rs
> you managed to mess up 3 times.
>
> First "couse" isn't a word. =A0Sometimes, particularly when spoken, somet=
hing
> similar would be short for "because". =A0That short form when written sho=
uld
> be 'cause. =A0"Couse" is just wrong, at least in this part of the world.
> Perhaps its one of those color/colour things, but I think not.
>
> Second, since ":-)" is clearly a emoticon, you left out the closing
> parenthesis.
>
> Third, there should be a colon at the end. =A0Obviously you do know this =
since
> you later wrote:
>
>> You reacted (do you love English?):
>
> If you're not familiar with the phrase "People that live in glass houses
> shouldn't throw stones", look it up.
>
>
> The point here is not really about your poorly written line, but twofold:
>
> 1 - Picking apart other people's use of language at this level on a
> =A0 =A0international list is pointless at best, and possibly insulting.
>
> 2 - You're hardly a judge of good english usage, not that we need one
> =A0 =A0anyway.
>
> This is a technical list used by engineers, not a writer's club. =A0If so=
meone
> proclaims that a 100 Ohm resistor with 30 Volts accross it will dissipate
> 90mJ, by all means correct them loudly and clearly. =A0I wouldn't mind
> (although the admins might) if you preceed that with "Wrong, moron" and
> appended "Duh!".
>
> However, english is not anyone's proclaimed area of expertise here, nor t=
he
> domain of this list. =A0Anyone can make a occasional spelling or grammar
> error. =A0I know I do, and I see plenty of others doing it. =A0Let's not =
noise
> up the list with this silliness, especially when the offense is as mild as
> what you complained about.
>
>
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