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[Derek Parnell]

On Wed, 13 May 2009 16:04:49 -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote:

> "BCS" <none at anon.com> wrote in message 
> news:a6268ff5b338cba14afe6aca70 at news.digitalmars.com...
>> I have more problems with singular they making it hard to exclude the 
>> plural than anything else. It's right up there with (but not as common as) 
>> some neutral statements being promoted to negative ones: "I don't like 
>> cheese" vs. "I dislike cheese", making it hard to state some things.
>>
> 
> That's a *HUGE* pet peeve of mine. I get sooo frustrated when attempting 
> make a neutral statement around people who just simply will not accept that 
> neutral statements exist. 


> A similar thing that also drives me absolutely crazy is when people take a 
> *comparison* and automatically assume that absolute statements are being 
> made about one or both of the things being compared. 

I have the same personality disorder ;-)

But if people behaved as you suggested, then what would lawyers,
politicians and union bosses be doing for a lot of their time?


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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell