X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10fd50,28cff708cb7404e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10fd50,public X-Google-Thread: 1055ef,28cff708cb7404e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1055ef,public X-Google-Thread: 10ccae,28cff708cb7404e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ccae,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,28cff708cb7404e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fa3c8,28cff708cb7404e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa3c8,public X-Google-Thread: fe1e5,28cff708cb7404e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe1e5,public X-Google-Thread: fd588,28cff708cb7404e0 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-Thread: 11564d,28cff708cb7404e0 X-Google-Attributes: gid11564d,public From: rodney@cs.utexas.edu (Michael Anthony Vitale) Subject: Re: WWW Graphics CD-ROM Offer Date: 1996/03/22 Message-ID: <4ivemn$15d@hello-nurse.cs.utexas.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 143904784 references: <3150395B.3C4B@itsnet.com> <3152f681.5521422@news.fyi.net> organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin newsgroups: alt.artcom,alt.ascii-art,alt.ascii-art.animation,alt.authorware,alt.babylon5.uk,alt.basement.graveyard,alt.bbs.ads,alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.bbs.citadel,alt.bbs.doors,alt.bbs.internet,alt.bbs.majorbbs,alt.bbs.metal,alt.bbs.pcboard,alt.bbs.searchlight,alt.bbs.wildcat,alt.bbs.wwiv In article <3152f681.5521422@news.fyi.net>, Stuart Lind wrote: >I sure hope you know more about the graphics environment than you do >about basic grammar. Apostrophies are not just used whenever one >feels like it. There are certain rules to follow. You seem to like >using apostrophies for most words that are merely plurals. > >Please NOTE: that there are no apostrophies in the plural words above. >(GRAPHICS, RULES,WORDS, PLURALS) And I would hope that you know more about the same than you do about netiquette. For crying out loud, did you have to quote his *ENTIRE* message? It's bad enough that he cross-posted to a bunch of NGs that his topic doesn't pertain to, but it's worse that you quoted his entire message, and then added a 7 line reply! Also, I believe that "apostrophies" is spelled without the "i". For those of you in the WWIV NG: This is just another reason I support moderation of this newsgroup (or creation of comp.bbs.wwiv) -Mike Vitale -- Mike Vitale - Delta Sigma Pi@Beta Kappa District Director http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/rodney/ - UT ACM & LHB member "To love another person is to see the face of God." - Les Miserables