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On 10/05/2017 11:09, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> "Can not" should be "cannot" (different meaning). |
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> I did say this is all off-topic. Apologies to anyone who feels aggrieved. I |
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> could have suggested several other improvements as well, so I could say I've |
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> let you off lightly. ;-) |
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I you read -dev, you could have replied to the original with a correct |
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fix :-) |
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The author isn't English mother-tongue btw [1] |
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> (By way of explanation, 35 years ago I was made the documentation manager of |
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> a 200-man-year software project. Ever since then I've been unable to read |
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> anything at all without the eye of an editor - it's ruined my enjoyment of |
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> everything I read. There's no hope any longer.) |
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Oh noes. So you can't enjoy Pratchett? poor, poor you <shudder> :-) |
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[1] Living in a country with 11 (yes, eleven!) official languages, all |
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considered legally valid for purposes of government with equal status, I |
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had to let go of English bias and accept that languages get mangled. All |
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the time. |
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Except for this new meaning for "revert". can't bring myself to accept |
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that one, too much like gouging out eyeballs with a blunt spoon. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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