Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

From	Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech
Subject	Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution
Date	2017-05-04 10:41 -0700
Message-ID	<D530B5E9.A3619%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> (permalink)
References	(8 earlier) <L5RLA.35127$Tn5.15756@fx12.iad> <8fpvfcdh99pg724pg6crt7r2gbk46l2vjq@4ax.com> <D5254194.A1D5A%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <7di1gc1ineq138254msb6vunp3h6tnpehu@4ax.com> <op.yzp2tj1hjs98qf@red.lan>

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On 5/4/17, 9:30 AM, in article op.yzp2tj1hjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Apr 2017 17:24:32 +0100, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:10:28 -0700, Snit
>> <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/25/17, 5:14 PM, in article 8fpvfcdh99pg724pg6crt7r2gbk46l2vjq@4ax.com,
>>> "Ken Blake" <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:38:18 -0500, Mark Lloyd <not@mail.invalid>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 04/25/2017 12:52 PM, Snit wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>> 
>>>>>> B4 U get mad atm try 2 B patient! :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have seen a post like that, and the response was "Please post in
>>>>> English."
>>>>> 
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> but we also should realize these posts are generally typed
>>>>>>>> quickly, sometimes with multiple edits, and then rarely proof read.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes, but that should be "proofread" (one word). <vbg>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I actually noticed that right as I was hitting the send button and
>>>>>> thought
>>>>>> of sending a correction. :)
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> "proofread" is what I'd use, but I have no problem understanding "proof
>>>>> read".
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Neither do I, of course. If I had, I wouldn't have known it should
>>>> have been "proofread."
>>>> 
>>>> I wasn't castigating him for the error; note the <vbg>.
>>> 
>>> No offense was taken... and it is rather funny to make a mistake with the
>>> word "proofread".
>> 
>> 
>> Yes, my point exactly.
> 
> Why do you call it a mistake?  Proofread and proof read mean the same.

Using onelook.com I do not see the "proof read" variant, nor doing a quick
Google search. I accept it as an error.

-- 
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use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow
superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 17:30 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 10:41 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 19:10 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 11:23 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 20:02 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 12:17 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 20:36 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 12:45 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-04 21:48 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-04 14:29 -0700

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