Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Neil Cerutti Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: The devolution of English language and slothful c.l.p behaviors exposed! Date: 25 Jan 2012 20:32:00 GMT Organization: Norwich University Lines: 13 Message-ID: <9ob760F477U1@mid.individual.net> References: <60ffdf06-f2e6-4cf7-ae7d-1c0afe2e9d40@f11g2000yql.googlegroups.com> <4XWTq.3592$d66.2251@newsfe15.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net plxlQoq1GrLDmhbi2yosHwXcAz28xbnk2GhaSkAX1Yib6HPbJq Cancel-Lock: sha1:1HDkfF+W6XnVicqEeEvrq2wYzQc= User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1/mm/ao (Win32) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:19428 On 2012-01-25, Rick Johnson wrote: > Wow, why i am not surprised! Let's pick one usage at random and > try to understand it. "I think XYZ is pretty easy." You don't > even need "pretty" to get your point across. You could simply > say "I think XYZ is easy". Furthermore, if you insist on > QUANTIFYING a QUANTIFIER, simply use any number of legal > QUANTIFIERS. "I think XYZ is VERY easy" or "I think XYZ is > SOMEWHAT easy" or "I think XYZ is difficult". I remind you of http://orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit -- Neil Cerutti