On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 01:14:56PM +0100, the unit calling itself knitti wrote: > > > > The word 'by' is a preposition with a specific meaning in the context of > > its use... it means "in the amount of"... but that's not what it means > > here, is it? No, it does not. Therefore, the log entry is *inaccurate*. > > come on, if you are a native speaker (as if that mattered), and fluent > _reader_, you'd have noticed the words of Alexander Hall in this thread: > "It is changing it by 60 seconds, but very slowly." > That means: the clock is changed by the amount of 60 sec, but not > immediately. Which is fine in my book, because I don't like time jumps > (they are soo confusing). And it should be correct english, which, of course, > I am not to judge, since my last friggin' course in English was back in the > days I went to school. > > > --knitti > >
You missed the point. I fear your problems run deeper... can you not read and understand the posts in this thread?
