Klarinet Archive - Posting 000266.txt from 1998/04

From: Larry Paikin <larrypaikin@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Loosing and losing
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 23:00:19 -0400

us railway buffs right good,dammit!

Roger Shilcock wrote:

> While we're on this topic ....
> 1) Dan L.'s use of "their" as an indefinite possessive really gets up my
> nose;
> 2) What's the point of writing: "to THOROUGHLY convince?" The "to"
> relates to "convince", not "thoroughly", and why put the adverb in front
> of the verb when it works just well behind it, which is the traditional
> English position?
> (Perhaps I shouldn't use "position"....).
> At least, clarinettists write better than computer buffs or railway
> buffs,
> I suppose.
> Roger Shilcock
>
> On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Jack Kissinger wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 08:42:02 -0500
> > From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
> > To: klarinet@-----.us
> > Subject: Re: Loosing and losing
> >
> > Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:
> > >
> > > Written communication is always difficult and stressful because
> > > the slightest error and it does not turn out as you wanted to do.
> > > But if one is writing about their specialty or their central
> > > interest in life or the core of their income-producing capability,
> > > and one wishes to convince others of the rectitude of the approach,
> > > good prose goes a long way to doing it.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sorry Dan, I know its generally considered bad netiquete to correct
> > grammer and punctuation, but, you last sentence should really read i
> > part "...to THOROUGHLY convince others ..."
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Jack
> >