Re: making linux look bad

["David B.Teague" <dbt@cs.wcu.edu>]

Hi guys!

ABSOLUTELY, you are right, "Whence you are down loading...".  is
to be preferred. I should have read that post aloud before
sending. 

I appreciate the correction. Too few are concerned with correct
English (so abused by most speakers and writers.) 

--David

On Mon, 17 May 1999, John Pearson wrote:

> On %M 0, David B.Teague wrote
> > 
> > On Mon, 17 May 1999, Michael Beattie wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, 15 May 1999, David B.Teague wrote:
> > > 
> > > > perhaps from whence you are down loading) 
> > >                ^^^^^^
> > > Sorry about the excess bandwidth killer, but is it whence or whom?
> > 
> > Hi Michael
> > 
> > Never say bandwidth killer about an English language issue.  It is
> 
> 
> With an invite like that, and as you posted to debian-user, how
> could I resist butting in...
> 
> > "from whence" or "from where", as "whom" refers to a person.  I
> > think "from whence" may be a little stilted, but I tend to that
> > sometimes. 
> > 
> 
> "from whence" is indeed stilted, and needlessly and unnecessarily
> redundant.  "Whence" alone is to be preferred.
> 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> 
> You're welcome!
> 
> 
> John P.