Committing a grammatical mistake within a grammar discussion always
(de)merits a "gotcha."
I know, "demerit" is not really a verb...
Gary
On 4/22/2012 4:54 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
Nice one! :) Yes, i do a whole load of weird and wrong things in emails. I think that particular mistake is one i make often.
Regards from
Tom :)
--- On Sun, 22/4/12, Gary Schnabl<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Gary Schnabl<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] [Typo] a weird sentence in ch1, writer
guide.
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, 22 April, 2012, 19:03
On 4/22/2012 5:45 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)
It's good to ask and i think it usually leads to better understanding and better documentation. It
can be frustrating and we don't have a lot of time to discuss each sentence of all the books in
depth so you might have to "make a judgement call" and adapt what is written to "fit
cultural differences" better. On the other hand some people enjoy discussing this sort of
detail and find it interesting.
a = one of a number of identical (or perhaps just very similar)
items/people/events/ideas
the = there's only one that is relevant
I thought the paragraph got a bit muddled in it's use of a&the but usually
readers just skim over oddities like that.
Regards from
Tom :)
How true...
While we are at it... (being picky, picky as a copyeditor): The "it's" in your last
sentence should have been "its"--a common grammar error.
Pro bono grammar lesson: Possessive pronouns (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_pronoun ) and possessive adjectives (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possessive_adjective#.22Possessive_adjectives.22_in_English
), such as its, do not use apostrophes--unlike contractions.
Gary
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