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- Subject: Re: [OT] Why doesn't the lua list get replaced with a forum ?
- From: Gavin Wraith <gavin@...>
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:34:00 +0100
In message <ee2a733e0609261606l1ca1e2fas74f6fd4612ff7216@mail.gmail.com>
you wrote:
> I have been following Ruby-talk mailing list/Usenet group for several
> years. They have few very useful things there.
Leo, did you mean that last sentence above, or did you mean to say
"They have a few very useful things there"? Just as a point of
English, the two sentences carry opposite implications. What you said
implies the list is not useful. Insertion of "a" implies it is
useful.
The schema is:
(GOOD)
They have a few very useful things
They have many very useful things
(BAD)
They have few very useful things
They have not many very useful things
Excuse me hijacking the thread to give an English lesson!
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Gavin Wraith (gavin@wra1th.plus.com)
Home page: http://www.wra1th.plus.com/
