Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen wrote: >Hey - who you talkin' bout - Man went to Andover, Yale, and Harvard Business >School. ;-) > > On a sightseeing trip?? > >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 >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >