Re: [OT] it's vs its
CChris wrote:
>
> gshingles wrote:
> >
> > Jerry Story wrote:
> > >
> > > English lesson:
> > > Some people use "it's" when they mean "its".
> > > "it's" is a contraction for "it is".
> > > "its" is possessive.
> > >
> > > All these websites explain it's vs its:
> > ...
> >
> > Yeah and some people spell 'colour' as 'color' too. I don't think we should
> > get too pedantic about this stuff do you? I mean we'll never have a keyword
> > that uses an apostrophe in it, and I personally don't want to have to think
> > about spelling and grammar when I'm grappling with the abstract nature of
> > getting
> > a compiler to convert my written intentions into machine code.
> >
> > Good on ya though, that's one that annoys me too; when I stop to notice it
> > that
> > is :)
> >
> > Gary
>
> I won't say "just my 0.02¢, but...
>
> I'm not pedantic about grammar, not being a specialist, writer or something.
> And I think I'm fluent enough in english, which is not my native language, to
> still understand everything even with some sloppy grammar.
>
> However, I think there are quite a few people with more limited knowledge of
> the language, and the sloppy grammar may make reading us significantly harder
> on them. At least, that's what I experience when reading/listening to a
> foreign
> language I don't master pretty well, so I assume other people do.
>
> If we are serious to opening up to the world, and AFAIK we are, it could be
> a good idea to straighten up these bolts, simply so as to allow other people
> to understand more easily or faster, and perhaps post in. Chiding someone
> whose
> english is not the native language for poor wording would be ridiculous and
> inappropriate. Thank goodness, it hasn't happened.
>
> Hey, I never said I wasn't making mistakes myself!! Even without the typos.
> I'm not a good typist, and have ranted against too verbose constructs quite
> a few times.
>
> CChris
Hi
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht
oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist
and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you
can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not
raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
http://dan.hersam.com/2005/01/27/reading-jumbled-letters/
So now I want a version of eu that isn't so pedantic about spelling too, ie
fro i = 1 ot 10 do
piftrn("%d",{i})
ned ofr
and it would still work!
After all the teachers at my kids school don't seem to care how the chidren
spell nowadays - why should computers! And if I want to start a sentence this
way, why not.? And I likes' to dot additional apostrophe's anywhere too.
Chris
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