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Re: the true literal

From Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: the true literal
Date 2013-11-23 21:24 +0100
Organization albasani.net
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Am 23.11.2013 17:27, schrieb Martin Gregorie:
> 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.
>
>
and the attribution of this saying to Churchill is likely to be
mistaken, see
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001715.html

-- Sebastian

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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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