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Re: Non native English speaker is checking whether a phrasing should be filed a minor bug report.



Cybe R. Wizard writes:
> Having been taught the same rule, I also find the sentence nonsensical
> and for that same reason.

I was also taught that rule.

> The misuse of pronouns to refer to other than the most recent prior
> noun is a great grinding pain to me when others so craft their
> language.

Doesn't bother me at all.  The language has changed. (The current fad
for misusing "issue" and "fail" irritates the hell out of me, though.)
-- 
John Hasler


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