Re: debian-faq (was ... Re: upgrade to Wheezy fails with aptitude)
On 07/04/12 19:54, Lisi wrote:
> On Saturday 07 April 2012 00:39:58 Scott Ferguson wrote:
>>> That is about spelling, not grammar. Since requires the perfect tense.
>>> It is quite simply wrong in English to say "since.... installs". Leave
>>> out the words "since Lenny", and "installs" becomes correct, but loses
>>> some of the intended meaning.
>>>
>>> Lisi
Re-editing so that it resembles the post you didn't understand:-
=======re-insert start===========
>>> One of the keys to "plain English" is brevity.
>> http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4904#comment-303296
===========re-insert end=========
>>
>> That comment is tediously laboured attempt at humour in a monetising
>> "story" ripped off from another April Fools joke. Any relevance to
>> anything is entirely coincidental.
>
> Sorry, don't understand.
Which bit don't you understand - the comment I was referring to (it's
the comment in the link Chris inserted) or my comment on the comment the
link referenced?
>
> Lisi
>
>
I couldn't see the connection with the post and didn't realise it's
insertion in the thread was meant to be a joke (I didn't read Chris's
later post explaining it was meant to be a joke until, oddly, later).
I still don't get why inserting it into the thread was meant to be
funny. Now if it was a picture of two hippos in a river... that would
make perfect sense. :-)
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