[plug] Microsoft is asking us for our opinion!!! 8-)

[Buddrige, David]

Thanks - I appreciate having it pointed out - it is a bit of a whopsie...
I'll try to watch my grammer a bit more... 8-) 

Kind regards

Dave...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John Summerfield [SMTP:summer at os2.ami.com.au]
> Sent:	Monday, May 24, 1999 7:02 PM
> To:	plug at linux.org.au
> Subject:	Re: [plug] Microsoft is asking us for our opinion!!! 8-)
> 
> I don't usually criticise spelling and grammar, especially on maling lists
> 
> and USENET, BUT it's time for a lesson in English.
> 
> "Its" is a possessive pronoun. There is no apostrophe. It's correectly 
> used in lieu of a noun as in "The dog's tail" can (subject to context) be 
> replaced with "its tail."
> 
> 
> "It's" is a shortening of "it is" and I've properly illustrated its use 
> here.
> 
> The difficulties with misuse of English include
> 1	Amgiguity. Sometimes the wrong use gives rise to meanings the author
> 
> didn't intent.
> 2	Spelling and grammar errors turn many readers off. I know I'm not
> the 
> only person who becomes annoyed with it: judging from flame ars I've seen 
> on the subject, we're legion.
> 3	Even in those cases where the readers are not actually annoyed, they
> may 
> be persuaded that the author lacks education, is careless...
> 
> Of cause, all these reactions detract from the reception of the author's 
> intention and contribute to a failure to communicate.
> 
> Please, take note of my comments. I do not wish to induce a flame war: I 
> simply want people to use their language better, to be able to communicate
> 
> their meanings more clearly. To misquote Margaret Whitlam; "My mother's a 
> teacher, I married a teacher, my sister's a teacher. I know it's so."
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheers
> John Summerfield
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