Re: Diskmag (First Call)
> I had this article of mine laying around here.
> I wrote it after seeing some of ignorant reviews of Euphoria by for example
> C-Net.
> They reviewer obviously didn't give Euphoria much chance.
>
> Here's a review that does list all of Euphoria's elegance, althrough it is a
> bit long.
> It is attached as HTML.
> Please people, add and chance as much as you like. It is suppose to be clear
> and complete.
> It sounds very objective but it is indeed a very subjective article.
>
> It is written in co-operation with MS Grammer checking with all options
> enabled. It even complained about starting sentences with 'but' and writing
> stuff in the passive form. (ugly)
> So I suppose, for once, the grammer and spelling are ok, unlike with this
> message 
You can't trust a Microsoft grammar checker. 
You probably should not start a sentence with 'but' in the type of
document you are writing; that type of usage is for fiction. The
same is also true for the passive form.
(Hey, I've got the credentials allowing me to say this kind of stuff.
When I took the ACT, I got a perfect score on both the
usage/mechanics of English and rhetorical skills.)
Regards,
Michael Bolin
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