Re: subjunctive mood and Microsoft

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From: Skitt (skitt99_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:12:15 -0700

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:

> What part of my post exactly did you not understand?

Huh? I think you may have missed my gentle barb, but that just supports it. 

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> "Skitt" <skitt99@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:2t5cppF1sprs5U1@uni-berlin.de...
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
>>
>>> As a former teacher, I have no objection to being considered
>>> pedantic.
>>
>> "Pedantic" has several meanings, and, with the exception of the
>> oldest one, they are not particularly flattering.
>>
>> M-W Online dictionary has:
>>
>> Main Entry: pe·dan·tic
>> Pronunciation: pi-'dan-tik
>> Function: adjective
>> 1 : of, relating to, or being a pedant
>> 2 : narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned
>> 3 : UNIMAGINATIVE, PEDESTRIAN
>>
>> --
>> Skitt (in Hayward, California)
>> www.geocities.com/opus731/

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