Re: The case for not trying to be so English-like

2018-04-17 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I aced grammar in grade school, only because I recognized that the trick was not to understand the rules, but to memorize the exceptions. I told my teacher once that English seems to have more exceptions than rules. :-) Bob S > On Apr 14, 2018, at 19:39 , Mark Wieder via use-livecode > wrote

The case for not trying to be so English-like

2018-04-16 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon via use-livecode
Hi, Mark, Very interesting was your post. And to reciprocate, will I add a few ideas ! I don't sleep - I listen to "BBC World Service" during many long nights. Fascinating! It covers a multitude of affairs (World-Wide). I listen to it on WiFi Channels. A recent post led me to the following, sta

The case for not trying to be so English-like

2018-04-14 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
Hah! or, why hangover is one word... https://lithub.com/attention-grammar-pedants-the-english-language-isnt-logical/ -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe,