Rolf wrote: > I mean, honestly, the subject line is "Pedantic nitpicking about > English usage". The best value I can get from a thread like this is > to laugh at the miserable souls who take this sort of thing so > seriously. But yet you are here engaging in the debate with a several-paragraph post, making your authoroty with which to call others "miserable souls" rather thin. "I want to pretend this discussion is beneath me, but can't help myself participating. I still want to feel superior, so I'll deflect attention from my participation by belittling everyone else here, which also allows me to dismiss their arguments out of hand. Hopefully nobody will notice." This reminds me of a New England town meeting. When you speak, you can make a comment or you can move the question (which cuts off debate and forces a vote). Every once in a while you get someone that tries to do both, which elicts a reminder of the rules from the moderator and a chuckle from the audience. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist