Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.026 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'own.': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'subject:community': 0.07; 'inclined': 0.09; 'am,': 0.12; 'rantingrick': 0.16; 'thinking.': 0.16; 'to"': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'phrase': 0.18; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.22; 'complain': 0.23; 'indentation': 0.23; 'pm,': 0.24; 'aug': 0.24; 'code': 0.25; 'ignore': 0.26; "i'm": 0.27; 'forgot': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; '"in': 0.30; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.34; 'quite': 0.34; '"we': 0.34; 'list.': 0.35; 'rather': 0.35; 'supposed': 0.35; 'but': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'received:192': 0.39; 'abuse': 0.39; 'case': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'your': 0.61; 'emails': 0.62; 'forced': 0.67; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.71; 'reply-to:no real name:2**0': 0.71; '02:59': 0.84; 'careless': 0.84; 'episode': 0.84; 'it"': 0.84; 'typos': 0.84 Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:01:15 -0400 From: Dave Angel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110617 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rantingrick Subject: Re: Ten rules to becoming a Python community member. References: <39e8985a-a0c1-487f-8f87-4e39d120c14b@h9g2000vbr.googlegroups.com> <87cb1497-9aa2-4213-b721-055bf31e10a1@m18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <87cb1497-9aa2-4213-b721-055bf31e10a1@m18g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:HZK9lNOq2LZWSc/vWqtArL6EE7XZ9BXL4mitmNOOvuP sTGtSW61NDTU1Fp1hhTZduMk69zDYCH/YhO8U/RWcAeAyER+Jx SY4keb4B5WFnL4zJzVhcDVRYLwNpX0yUja1guNEUZtspQkEDMr 4O5f+temTgSlf0Kx8lknwRDov5PiFNZPU2J7Xpms9R8vMLn4Av Hzn1KnEvktg8RqBezdcoQ== Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: davea@ieee.org List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1313359295 news.xs4all.nl 23870 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33401 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:11419 On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, rantingrick wrote: > On Aug 14, 12:57 am, rantingrick 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. > > > Interesting that when you complain about other's grammatical typos, you're so careless with your own. know -> now i -> I accustom -> accustomed the this -> this I'm inclined to ignore typos in emails except in the case where the intent is to abuse others. DaveA