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

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Subject: Re: Non native English speaker is checking whether a phrasing should be filed a minor bug report.
From: Gilbert Sullivan <whirlygig@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:01:02 -0500
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On 11/30/2010 09:07 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:33:42 -0600
John Hasler<jhasler@debian.org>  wrote:

Cybe R. Wizard writes:

Yes, it is obviously changing.  These days it is preferred to use,
"proved," as the past participle of prove instead of, "proven."  The
same goes for, "strived."  To me it seems that language change is,
therefore, a gived.

Bwa-ha-ha-ha! Thank you for that /bon mot/! I needed something to perkme up this morning.


Regards,
Gilbert

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