[sdiy] OT: grammar - the final word

[Tim Daugard]

> H^) harry (sorry, I had math and science teachers... not English
> majors... thank GOD)

As as a large offender on this subject as others, I agree the point is
the electronics not the English. I too stand in awe an applaud all those
know multiple languages and contirbute so much to this list.

I was good at electronics far before I aquired any minimal skill at
grammer. I come from a family were, when you play scrabble, if you can
convince one other person in the family, the word maybe be spelled
right, it stays. Our games drive family members nuts.

I have trained my self to type almost as fast as I can think. However,
my grammer sense has always been slower than my composition. Spell check
catches most, proof reading the rest. For a quick media like e-mail,
getting the though out in a timely manner sometimes means mistakes are
there.

> So how about them CA3280s

So are they really that important? With prices of bulk SMT transistors
and resistors coming down, can't we build a good OTA for the price of a
CA3280.

Tim Daugard
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>
> SRRecords at aol.com wrote:
>
> >  Not to be *really* annoying, but: Merely that we are talking about
> > this at all (most especially the original poster on this topic)
means
> > that we already understand the meanings conveyed by the words we
use.
> > Clearly there is an epistemic "convention" that must be known
already
> > if we are to judge such uses of language "wrong" in the first place.
> > The point is - no matter the incorrect grammar, we "know" what the
> > other means in a sort of informal way.  If we did not, we could not
> > question the usage in the first place.  Does correct grammar always
> > assume correct usage/vice versa? Or do certain contexts convey
meaning
> > better than, say, formal rules? Well, a bit of both.  Point is, we
do
> > a pretty good job already of "getting" what someone is trying to
say,
> > especialy in these decidedly informal formats, i.e., email.
>