Klarinet Archive - Posting 000219.txt from 2000/12

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Legere Reeds (warning: apostrophe content)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:23:31 -0500

I don't care whose right, who's on second?

Doug Sears wrote:

> Penelope (not her real name) wrote:
> >I have a new 4th grade student who's family doesn't have the money to spend
>
> I'm not writing to correct this mistake ("who's" should be "whose"), but to
> point out that the whole long (very long, darn it!) discussion of
> apostrophe's :-) was a total waste of time -- it just won't sink in with
> those who really need it (and maybe they don't care). IMO, any pickiness
> about spelling just annoys those who can't, and inhibits the free flow of
> ideas. Spelling flames have been considered bad netiquette ever since
> "netiquette" was invented.
>
> While I'm taking y'all's (note: correct Southern US English) time with
> pointless corrections, there's this:
>
> >But I guess it was my incorrect
> >English, which is confusing you all. So I`ll apologise and rephrase it, -
> >"Who would you choose to rescue you, if you were marooned on a desert
> >island? Is that clearer?
>
> Much clearer, Tony, although Ms. Wizbicky would have said "Whom would you
> choose ...". I know, it's a lost cause.
>
> --Doug
>
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