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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: the true literal |
| Date | Sat, 23 Nov 2013 16:27:17 +0000 (UTC) |
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On Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:38:58 -0500, Jeff Higgins wrote: > On 11/22/2013 02:39 PM, Jeff Higgins wrote: > >> ... I would tolerate a smug attitude up to a point. > > "... errant pedantry up with which I will not put." > anon attrib to Winston Churchill But Churchill was being very specific about English grammar: he was objecting to split infinitives, not pedantry or poor grammar in general. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-21 23:23 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-21 23:54 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 07:55 -0500
Re: the true literal Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-22 09:37 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 11:07 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 11:53 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 12:11 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 12:24 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 12:37 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 13:08 -0500
Re: the true literal Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-22 13:33 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 14:39 -0500
Re: the true literal Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2013-11-22 17:38 -0500
[OT] Re: the true literal Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-11-22 17:59 -0500
Re: the true literal Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-11-23 16:27 +0000
Re: the true literal Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2013-11-23 21:24 +0100
Re: the true literal Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2013-11-23 21:23 +0000
Re: the true literal Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2013-11-27 13:51 -0800
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