On 2010-01-06, r0g <[email protected]> wrote:
> NO! It's a rude way to start a sentence don't you think?
No. When somebody asks a yes/no question, answering yes or no
seems quite polite to me. Following the yes/no answer with an
explanation of the answer is always nice, and I've little doubt
that's what happened.
> Just because you're correcting someone doesn't mean you have
> to be combative and try and make them feel small.
Answering a yes/no question with "no" doesn't seem to me to be
combative if the correct answer is indeed "no". But I've lost
track of the post you found objectionable...
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