Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey - who you talkin' bout - Man went to Andover, Yale, and Harvard Business School. ;-) On 1/31/06 11:40 AM, "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: > B.D., > Howard wrote, ".......educated individuals........" > Douglas > > B. D. Colen wrote: > >> And then there's our President... ;-) >> >> >> On 1/31/06 11:20 AM, "Howard L Ritter, Jr" <hlritter@mindspring.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> In my field, medicine, I am appalled at how many educated individuals >>> commit >>> so many crude, and flagrantly ungrammatical, errors in speech. I hear >>> registered nurses, BSNs with college bachelor's degrees, saying things >>> like >>> "I seen her yesterday" or "I been there twice already" or "He don't do >>> that >>> any more". I even know a thoughtful and cultured radiation oncologist who >>> regularly commits mis-usages like "I discussed the plan with he and his >>> wife". >>> >>> So much fun, being a language curmudgeon! >>> >>> --howard >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Douglas Nygren" <dnygr@cshore.com> >>> To: <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:44 PM >>> Subject: [Leica] re: 'merican language >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Seth, between you and I, people don't speak so good as they used to. It >>>> amazes me how many "educated" people use a subject instead of an object >>>> with the preposition "between." >>>> >>>> I make my share of mistakes. I guess I shouldn't complain. >>>> >>>> Doug >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information