Subj : Re: Off Topic (was: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY) To : meirman From : Outsider Date : Sun Feb 10 2002 09:49 am From: Outsider@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (Outsider) Subject: Re: Off Topic (was: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY) From: Outsider meirman wrote: > > Jasen.Betts@xspamp42.f531.n640.z3.fidonet.org posted: > > >06-Feb-02 11:32:20, Outsider wrote to meirman > > ....snipped > > O> I think "faster" is incorrect in this context > > > >Yeah, I should have used "as fast" instead of "faster" or altered the numbers. > > You're not alone, though. I even read a column by William Buckley > where he got it wrong. He had given both numbers but in so many cases > they don't so in those cases when writers use "faster" or "greater > than", I never know what they really mean. Probably the most common error is 'higher' instead of 'newer', ie. MSDOS 5.0 or "higher", Windows 95 or "higher". One version cannot be _higher_ than another, neither physically nor euphorically . The same error is made with 'better', ie. MSDOS 5.0 or "better". -- MS-DOS 6.22, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Netscape Communicator 4.08 -- |Fidonet: Outsider 1:342/3 | | Origin: The Cereal Port BBS (603)899-3335 199.125.78.133 (1:132/152) --- # Origin: (1:132/152.4) * Origin: Baddog BBS (1:218/903) .