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On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 20:17:11 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote: > On 4/23/17, 12:00 PM, in article n6upfct27u73nh3k2a9mj7akc1pcn6p0oh@4ax.com, > "Ken Blake" <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote: > >>>>>> I would have said "that should be 'everyone should think for >>>>>> himself.' " <vbg> >>>>> >>>>> I might not have his wording exact (this was in, I think, 1998)... >>>> >>>> I know. I suspected that. <g> >>> >>> Actually 1988. Not 1998. Only a decade off. :) >>> >>>>> and, >>>>> really, "themselves" has been used that way for generations. >>>> >>>> >>>> Yes, I know that too. And there are those who argue that that's the >>>> way it should be. But to an old fuddy-duddy like me, it's simply >>>> wrong. >>> >>> It took me a while to accept it, but I still cringe when I hear people >>> pronounce the "t" in "often". Used to be that was considered a no-no... but >>> it is done so often it is now accepted. >> >> Accepted by some people, but not by me. To me, it's another example of >> "simply wrong." > > As I said I still cringe but I have learned to accept it as "correct" these > days. It's as bad as "burrrrglarrrr alarrrrm": https://youtu.be/S5WFl4E8VCI >>> Same with only one space after a >>> period, I was taught two and had to adjust. >> >> But I disagree with you on that. Back in the days of typewriters, what >> you say was correct. Even today, with a monospaced font, it's better >> to have two spaces; it makes it easier to read. But it's never been >> correct with proportional fonts. Proportional fonts don't stop it being correct. You can still make a larger space with proportional fonts. > Right... but monospaced used to be the norm. Now it is the exception. When I > was taught I was never told of the difference being based on the font, just > that two spaces was the "rule." I was never taught it, but I saw some people doing it and realised it was much neater and easier to read, so I do it too. > Also struggle with the period being inside the quotes. And different parts > of the world do that one in what I see as a more reasonable way than the > American standard. I go back and forth. :) I use both because I can never remember which is correct. I can't see any logical reason why one is wrong. -- We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful god, who creates faulty humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes -- Gene Roddenberry
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