Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded From: ded@aplvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Nitpicking is contagious Message-ID: <187@aplvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 13:10:16 EDT Article-I.D.: aplvax.187 Posted: Mon Jul 18 13:10:16 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jul-83 08:32:37 EDT Lines: 17 A recent submission: Usenet contributors might keep in mind that grammatical or spelling `innovations' may detract from the message they want to present. Since the above was submitted by a USA member, I would call it a self-contradictory statement. But I'm not a "language consultant", so I could be wrong. Has `' supplanted ""? In any case, is not `' an innovation compared to ``? Furthermore, were the previous two sentences grammatically correct? Are there any English teachers out there? I think I need help. Don Davis JHU/APL ...decvax!harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded ...rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded