On Aug 14, 12:57 am, rantingrick <rantingr...@gmail.com> wrote: > 9. Never use the word "previously" or the phrase "in the past"; just > dumb it down with "used to".
I had forgot to mention one other usage of "used to": WRONG: "I used to not like indention but know i am very used to it" RIGHT: "Previously i lamented forced indentation but i have since grown quite accustomed to it" Also the usage of "supposed to" is rather foolish. WRONG: "We are supposed to write clean code but i am not used to that" RIGHT: "We are required to write clean code however i am not accustom to that way of thinking. Gawd, sometimes i feel like i'm watching an episode of squidbillies when i read the this list. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
