RE: Howdy!
- Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Apr 19, 2001
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On 19 Apr 2001, at 17:04, Jonas Temple wrote: > > We dont' have no problems here with grammar.++ (Two pluses appended to > > the > > end to negate the double negative and thus make this sentence > > grammatically > > correct.) > > > > -- Travis -- > > Sorry to have to point out this mistake but: > * grammar is still a viable means of communication and there are plenty > of jobs out there where you can still use grammar. > * grammar++ is a better way of communication although it's much harder > to learn grammar++ rather than grammar. With grammar++ you can reuse a > lot of the words you already have rather than re-inventing the word all > over again. Some argue that grammar++ is slower and makes communication > harder but those who are used to grammar++ will argue the opposite. But grammatically speaking, the use of "grammar.++", as Travis used it, is not "grammar++". Travis used the "++" as a sentence modifier, not as a suffix to "grammar". Besides, grammar isn't the words of the language, but the way they are used,,, in a way,,, i think,,, sorta... Jiri? grammar: Studies of the formation of basic linguistic units word: A unit of language that native speakers can identify Kat