Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 9, 2004, at 11:25 AM, John Collier wrote: > Or the use of decimated to imply reduced to a tenth rather than the > correct meaning of reduced by a tenth. this used to bug me to death, as well. but i've come to accept that "decimated" has been used often enough in the new way that it's now an acceptable definition. the you're/your and its/it's thing bothers me as well, especially when i'm the guilty party, but i think this is most often a typo rather than an ignorant mistake. nearly everyone knows the difference, but, when typing, we frequently type the wrong word. -- brad daly brad@bradbrad.com http://www.bradbrad.com What Would Bill Hicks Say? "Poverty is the worst form of violence." --Mohandas Gandhi