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

From	"James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.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 19:10 +0100
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Message-ID	<op.yzp7f5sijs98qf@red.lan> (permalink)
References	(9 earlier) <8fpvfcdh99pg724pg6crt7r2gbk46l2vjq@4ax.com> <D5254194.A1D5A%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <7di1gc1ineq138254msb6vunp3h6tnpehu@4ax.com> <op.yzp2tj1hjs98qf@red.lan> <D530B5E9.A3619%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>

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On Thu, 04 May 2017 18:41:45 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:

> 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.

It's just an alternative.  What else could it mean?  I am reading it again for proof it is correct, so proof read.

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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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