Re: request for content authors

[Joe Barr <joe pjprimer com>]

And even more to the point: doan be verbin no nouns!

:)



On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Dan Hensley wrote:
> "jack wallen, jr" wrote:
> 
> > i am soon to become editor in chief of the Linux track on TechRepublic
> > (www.techrepublic.com).
> > <snip>
> > the content i want from somone (or multiple someones) from this list would
> > focus on linux and can focus specifically on gnome.  it's developement and
> > it's implementation.
> 
> Sounds like it's going to be a great web site.  This isn't meant as a flame,
> but since you're going to be editor in chief, I need to ask a favor:
> <Rant>
> Please, please, please make sure the content of your web site uses
> apostrophes correctly!!!  "it's" stands for "it is", and "its" refers to the
> possessive.  In the above paragraph, "it's" is used incorrectly twice!  In
> both cases, the correct word is "its", since it's referring to the
> possessive.  This is something that bugs me to no end, because I see it done
> way too often, both in e-mail and even in an alarming number of web articles.
> 
> </Rant>
> 
> Sorry, just had to get it off my chest.   I didn't mean to single you out,
> it's just that this seemed like (kind of) an appropriate time to say
> something...  Ok, I'd better go duck now so I can avoid the flames...
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
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