Walt, a question for you. You wrote "There seems to be employment
opportunities" - what is the subject of the verb, and is it (the subject)
singular or plural?
Truly, it's a question, despite that it may appear to be baited (it isn't).
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Walt Wayman
Sent: 07 June 2005 20:04
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: An English apology !
Oh, I understand. At least a couple of times a day I have to resist the
urge to e-mail the Republican Network (a.k.a Fox) or CNN about some of the
atrocious mistakes in their annoying "crawlers" across the bottom of the
screen. There seems to be employment opportunities for high-school dropouts
at both networks. Of course, the folks who watch Fox probably don't notice.
See the smiley! :-) "Smiley" rhymes with "O'Reilly." Oh, really? Factor
that in.
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jon Mitchell" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Well, sorry. Seems I might have started something here ! I could
> sense it beginning to get a bit out of control when I turned in last
> night, and I just logged in again to find that this one has grown legs
> of the type Linford Christie would be proud !! Anyway, my apologies
> to the list for starting a bit of an OT one. If anyone was offended
> then my sincerest apologies to you. Particularly Michael Collins - I
> didn't see a smiley, as you say, but I did sense the humour in your
> reply anyway and tried to reply in similar fashion.
>
> This list is a multi-national one and, as such, many of the members do
> not have English as their first language. My moan was in no way aimed
> at you guys - it was meant for the people who claim English as their
> first language and yet use such poor examples of it in such a very
> public place, and who really should know better (or shouldn't be
> employed in that job). Would you employ someone with no knowledge or
> dexterity with cameras to give your precious OM's a CLA ? Neither
> would I. Similarly the BBC shouldn't employ people with a poor grasp
> of the English Language to write or type their on-screen messages !
>
> Anyway, sorry. I felt the need for a moan yesterday, and feel much
> better for it ! Normal service will resume shortly (ie: I'll shut up
> !)
>
> Jon
>
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