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| 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 20:36 +0100 |
| Organization | ~ |
| Message-ID | <op.yzqbfm2ajs98qf@red.lan> (permalink) |
| References | (13 earlier) <D530B5E9.A3619%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <op.yzp7f5sijs98qf@red.lan> <D530BFB1.A3692%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> <op.yzp9txdojs98qf@red.lan> <D530CC5A.A36C2%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> |
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On Thu, 04 May 2017 20:17:30 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote: > On 5/4/17, 12:02 PM, in article op.yzp9txdojs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson > Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, 04 May 2017 19:23:29 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote: >> >>> On 5/4/17, 11:10 AM, in article op.yzp7f5sijs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson >>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote: >>> >>> ... >>>>>>>>> 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. >>> >>> Da' fakt dat hit kan B undrestood dose knot mene et iz korekt. >> >> Correct is meaningless if it works. > > I think my above sentence is a good example of why that is not the case. :) I had no trouble reading it. So what was your point? -- Pat Glenn, weightlifting commentator - "And this is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning and it was amazing!"
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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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