cjsmith (
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2006
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09:03 pm
Current Mood:
exhausted
Thou Shall [sic] Not Play With "Shalt" Unless Thy [sic] Understand It
A
need
for an editor or proofreader doesn't mean there's a
demand
.
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Thou shalt not
fyellin.livejournal.com
2006-01-04 07:14 am (UTC)
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Why art thou so upset?
(By the way, thanks to this posting, I had fun reading Wikipedia's article about how "you" and "thou" have pretty much swapped meanings in English.)
Re: Thou shalt not
cjsmith.livejournal.com
2006-01-04 03:25 pm (UTC)
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"Will" and "shall" is another good bit of history. :-)
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ericainohio.livejournal.com
2006-01-04 02:57 pm (UTC)
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It always warms my heart when I discover that other people are irritated by grammar issues, too. :-)
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cjsmith.livejournal.com
2006-01-04 03:29 pm (UTC)
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Yes, I'm glad I'm not alone!
The dude's selling his writing. He's trying to make a living
as a wordsmith
. You'd think he'd hire someone, or look it up himself, to get at least the easiest stuff right.
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hitchhiker.livejournal.com
2006-01-04 08:27 pm (UTC)
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not on livejournal you aren't! (:
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hitchhiker.livejournal.com
2006-01-04 08:33 pm (UTC)
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this should be very much more to your taste: http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/ten-commandments.html
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cjsmith.livejournal.com
2006-01-04 10:11 pm (UTC)
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I adore those. :)
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apparentparadox
2006-01-05 03:40 am (UTC)
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Maybe that is a new thing for Despair.com, although
this
is somewhat similar.
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Thou shalt not
(By the way, thanks to this posting, I had fun reading Wikipedia's article about how "you" and "thou" have pretty much swapped meanings in English.)
Re: Thou shalt not
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The dude's selling his writing. He's trying to make a living as a wordsmith. You'd think he'd hire someone, or look it up himself, to get at least the easiest stuff right.
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