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Re: Disclaimer from Lunatic re: 1WSW



In article <2ncfbi$qo8@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
Auri Rahimzadeh <ek361@cleveland.Freenet.Edu> wrote:
>
>In Article #70726, foegelle@sleepy.cc.utexas.edu (Michael Foegelle) wrote: 
>
>>"He's" typically means "he IS", not "he was" or "he has"..  The first sentence
>>establishes the time frame to be the present ("He IS not doing a great service
>>ANYMORE.").  That immediately disproves your statement.  Also, "I don't SEE"
>>is present tense as well, not past ("I didn't see" or "I saw").
>>
>>Michael Foegelle
>
>gawd... grammar checking... I can't believe this is getting so out of hand...

You really are clueless. Grammar can be, and in this case is,
significant. None of us are mindreaders, we have to go by what people
write.

>
>People, can we just move this discussion to email -- I think we are really
>getting people that don't want to hear this discussion (which repeats itself
>all the time) anymore... just email me your replyies -- aurir@cap.gwu.edu
>

Excellent idea, but if that's how you feel, why did you post your inane
ranting in the first place?
Be forewarned, though, that I will not bother to read email from you.

>-Auri Man
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