Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Martin P. Hellwig" Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Ten rules to becoming a Python community member. Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:37:49 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: <4E4AB8FD.9080406@gmail.com> References: <39e8985a-a0c1-487f-8f87-4e39d120c14b@h9g2000vbr.googlegroups.com> <87cb1497-9aa2-4213-b721-055bf31e10a1@m18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> <9att2bF710U1@mid.individual.net> <1ca7c139-cd1f-4c09-830d-881f8881cdf1@bl1g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> <0c41b5fa-55f0-4086-a279-bec1847f9177@w18g2000yqc.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="TM/cvFyoLRPSXj5dNp61cQ"; logging-data="15409"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX193+kLyre/DvaealirfRWFE" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110301 Thunderbird/3.1.7 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:pFkvKGWfZcpuPiNvZmrd3FhK+qM= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:11596 On 16/08/2011 18:51, Prasad, Ramit wrote: >> Incorrect past tense usage of "used to": >> """ I "used to" wear wooden shoes """ > >> Incorrect description using "used to": >> """ I have become "used to" wearing wooden shoes """ > >> Correct usage of "used to": >> """ Wooden shoes can be "used to" torture someone """ > > Double you tee eff? Maybe this is a cultural language difference, but I believe all of the above are correct. Well, I am not sure about the middle one but the other two are valid. > Well admittedly English isn't my native language, But indeed all sentences seem correct to me. With the first sentence meaning: in the past I wore wooden shoes, but presently I do not. With the second sentence meaning: in the past I was not used to (i.e. uncomfortable, hey bonus points!) wearing wooden shoes, but presently I am used to it (although not necessarily comfortable, but at least not uncomfortable). I actually can't figure out a way of saying those two sentences more concise or correct then it has been given. But then again I do recognize that these are quite 'Germanic'* ways of constructing sentences, as in freely mixing past, present and future to indicate that a certain description is restricted to a specific time frame. * For the lack of a better description, I am not a linguist, but I was born in Germany and I am often guilty of mixing times. Also RR, congratualation to another troll post that turned out quite interesting :-) -- mph