On 30 July 2010 c. 00:37:23 Kenneth R Westerback wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:54:29AM -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> > >>>>> "Jason" == Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> writes:
> >
> > Jason> fixed this and the syslogd_flags example above it, which had
> > the same Jason> error.
> >
> > The style guide for a former employer of mine forbid these,
> > requiring us to spell out "for example" and "that is". Even if you
> > can get them right, it's not obvious that the reader would know them
> > as well.
> >
> >
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> You mean not everyone speaks enough latin to know the difference
> between "exempli gratia" and "id est"? What is modern education
> coming to.
Well, here, in Russia, while English/German/French are more or less
popular in the schools, Latin is being learned by specialists only
(medicians, historians etc.) almost. And it's the way it is for about a
century, if not more.
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Vadim Zhukov
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