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Post #127,694 by pwhysall 11/26/03 12:07:27 PM Reply	Word's Grammar Checker Can Bite Me It's got an obsession with the passive voice that would turn every document into a testosterone-fuelled, eye-poppingly active love fest, given half a chance. Also, it's written by Americans, so is largely wrong and lacks style. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #127,709 by ben_tilly 11/26/03 1:46:38 PM Reply	It also knows when to use "its" vs "it's". Which you, apparently, have yet to learn. But I agree on its silliness with the passive voice. Cheers, Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #127,711 by admin 11/26/03 1:53:03 PM Reply	... "It has got an obsession" "It is written by Americans" He's using contractions, not possessives. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #127,719 by ben_tilly 11/26/03 2:02:38 PM Reply	D'oh I had mis-read the first as a possessive, not a contraction. And me own mother wuz a teecher, to. I shud no beter. /me hangs his head in shame. Ben "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #127,731 by drewk 11/26/03 2:26:56 PM Reply	Thanks for another 18 minutes of entertainment === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #127,744 by ben_tilly 11/26/03 3:32:42 PM Reply	Unhappy to oblige "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #127,754 by bbronson 11/26/03 5:23:44 PM Reply	You should learn to read faster ;-)
Post #127,756 by drewk 11/26/03 5:49:54 PM Reply	Dude, check his timestamps It also knows when to use "its" vs "it's". #127709 - (ben_tilly) - 2003-11-26 13:46:38 [Reply] ... #127711 - (admin) - 2003-11-26 13:53:03 [Reply] D'oh #127719 - (ben_tilly) - 2003-11-26 14:02:38 [Reply] Well damn, 16 minutes. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #127,770 by folkert 11/26/03 7:02:29 PM Reply	Seriously, for someone who shows some signs of intelligence ... the consistency with which you misunderstand anything inconvenient to you is quite amazing. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey*
Post #127,779 by ben_tilly 11/26/03 8:18:18 PM Reply	Would have been shorter, but I was busy. "good ideas and bad code build communities, the other three combinations do not" - [link\|http://archives.real-time.com/pipermail/cocoon-devel/2000-October/003023.html\|Stefano Mazzocchi]
Post #127,805 by folkert 11/26/03 10:59:07 PM Reply	Powered by nothing at all! -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey*
Post #127,827 by Another Scott 11/27/03 8:54:27 AM Reply	No, we don't know what it means either.
Post #127,835 by folkert 11/27/03 9:54:03 AM Reply	I'm sure everyone who made this game is dead by now. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey*
Post #127,842 by pwhysall 11/27/03 11:15:12 AM Reply	Ha! Try again, sucker! Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #127,853 by orion 11/27/03 1:10:09 PM Reply	My last instructor said about the passive voice "When you read your paper and you start to sound like Yoda, change it!" *"Lady I only speak two languages, English and Bad English!" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"*
Post #127,861 by deSitter 11/27/03 1:17:03 PM Reply	"Don't let it happen again!" -drl
Post #127,892 by Ashton 11/27/03 8:25:38 PM Reply	Er.. "It shouldn't be allowed to happen again", that is.

Converting MSWorks files to something useful - (orion) - (49) - Nov. 16, 2003, 11:54:52 PM EST

Save in RTF - (deSitter) - (1) - Nov. 17, 2003, 12:26:22 AM EST

I am saving in RTF - (orion) - Nov. 17, 2003, 11:23:09 AM EST

If you've got a copy of Works (ack, ptui!) - (pwhysall) - (3) - Nov. 17, 2003, 03:26:54 AM EST

If I had a copy I would - (orion) - Nov. 17, 2003, 11:22:30 AM EST

Problem is I need the file tonight for class - (orion) - (1) - Nov. 17, 2003, 12:57:35 PM EST

My Dimension 8300 shipped with 7.0 -NT - (pwhysall) - Nov. 17, 2003, 12:58:55 PM EST

Just TELL her how to do it. - (CRConrad) - (42) - Nov. 17, 2003, 08:13:03 AM EST

I did tell her how to do it - (orion) - (41) - Nov. 17, 2003, 11:20:01 AM EST

Sounds like it's the firearms solution, then. -NT - (pwhysall) - (40) - Nov. 17, 2003, 11:25:49 AM EST

Some people are not as computer literate as we are - (orion) - (39) - Nov. 17, 2003, 12:59:14 PM EST

Let her flunk if she won't cooperate. -NT - (jbrabeck) - Nov. 17, 2003, 02:11:00 PM EST

Re: Some people are not as computer literate as we are - (deSitter) - (37) - Nov. 17, 2003, 04:18:51 PM EST

She sent the document again as an OOo document - (orion) - (36) - Nov. 18, 2003, 12:09:47 AM EST

At least that's progress. Of a sorts. -NT - (static) - (35) - Nov. 19, 2003, 01:20:20 AM EST

One more problem now - (orion) - (34) - Nov. 19, 2003, 03:01:39 AM EST

Is there NONE among you who can do that "manually" ??? (new thread) - (CRConrad) - Nov. 19, 2003, 10:07:38 AM EST

Do it for her. - (static) - (11) - Nov. 19, 2003, 11:24:11 PM EST

I gave her that option - (orion) - (10) - Nov. 20, 2003, 10:26:31 AM EST

Bad education ( was Re: I gave her that option) - (Nightowl) - (6) - Nov. 20, 2003, 12:02:43 PM EST

Not a failing of public schools - (jake123) - (5) - Nov. 20, 2003, 01:53:03 PM EST

Re: Not a failing of public schools - (Nightowl) - Nov. 20, 2003, 01:58:34 PM EST

Failing of teachers and parents - (orion) - (3) - Nov. 20, 2003, 02:15:40 PM EST

Re: Failing of teachers and parents - (Nightowl) - Nov. 20, 2003, 02:18:26 PM EST

Like I said - (jake123) - (1) - Nov. 20, 2003, 09:17:03 PM EST

Good advice - (Silverlock) - Nov. 21, 2003, 10:00:39 AM EST

Actually, Norm, your grammar is quite good. - (static) - (2) - Nov. 21, 2003, 04:35:57 AM EST

Believe me, it is not perfect - (orion) - (1) - Nov. 21, 2003, 10:40:09 AM EST

Perfect is subjective. -NT - (static) - Nov. 22, 2003, 06:24:33 AM EST

Do not use a grammar checker. - (pwhysall) - (20) - Nov. 25, 2003, 10:11:18 AM EST

use a grammar checker. - (andread) - (19) - Nov. 25, 2003, 05:17:25 PM EST

My point precisely :) -NT - (pwhysall) - (18) - Nov. 25, 2003, 05:36:50 PM EST

Fragment - Please Consider Revising -NT - (andread) - (17) - Nov. 26, 2003, 10:18:50 AM EST

Word's Grammar Checker Can Bite Me - (pwhysall) - (16) - Nov. 26, 2003, 12:07:27 PM EST

It also knows when to use "its" vs "it's". - (ben_tilly) - (15) - Nov. 26, 2003, 01:46:38 PM EST

... - (admin) - (10) - Nov. 26, 2003, 01:53:03 PM EST

D'oh - (ben_tilly) - (9) - Nov. 26, 2003, 02:02:38 PM EST

Thanks for another 18 minutes of entertainment -NT - (drewk) - (8) - Nov. 26, 2003, 02:26:56 PM EST

Unhappy to oblige -NT - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 26, 2003, 03:32:42 PM EST

You should learn to read faster ;-) -NT - (bbronson) - (6) - Nov. 26, 2003, 05:23:44 PM EST

Dude, check his timestamps - (drewk) - (5) - Nov. 26, 2003, 05:49:54 PM EST

Seriously, for someone who shows some signs of intelligence - (folkert) - Nov. 26, 2003, 07:02:29 PM EST

Would have been shorter, but I was busy. -NT - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Nov. 26, 2003, 08:18:18 PM EST

No, we don't know what it means either. -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 27, 2003, 08:54:27 AM EST

I'm sure everyone who made this game is dead by now. -NT - (folkert) - Nov. 27, 2003, 09:54:03 AM EST

Ha! - (pwhysall) - Nov. 27, 2003, 11:15:12 AM EST

My last instructor said about the passive voice - (orion) - (2) - Nov. 27, 2003, 01:10:09 PM EST

"Don't let it happen again!" -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - Nov. 27, 2003, 01:17:03 PM EST

Er.. "It shouldn't be allowed to happen again", that is. -NT - (Ashton) - Nov. 27, 2003, 08:25:38 PM EST

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