Re: Trackers Second Review Response

From: Murray Cooper (chuck_at_up.chuck)
Date: 10/04/03

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    Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 22:22:45 GMT

    FromTheRafters wrote:
    > "Mike" <nospam@notherematey.com> wrote in message news:blho1k$fl5$1@thorium.cix.co.uk...
    >
    >
    >>IMHO Language as it is written and spoken is constantly changing and
    >>evolving. As long as you get your meaning across, who cares!
    >>
    >>OK so "to boldly go" may be grammatically incorrect, but everyone knows what
    >>is meant and as long as the meaning has come across, languange has performed
    >>its function.
    >
    >
    > True, but if someone misunderstands you, it is nice to be able to
    > show that what was inferred was not what was implied, and have
    > a basis on which to prove it. If gramattical rules are set aside, the
    > language can get awfully "wishy-washy".
    >
    > "I saw many people driving my car to work from home".

    "Throw Momma from the train a kiss."

    >
    > The above statement can easily be misunderstood in a variety
    > of ways even though the person saying it may believe, as you
    > do, that the the point came across. The egocentric "I know
    > what I meant" is not sufficient to make that statement valid.
    >
    >

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