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In a message dated 8/29/2003 7:01:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il writes:
>
> >BTW I think you've got too many negatives above. Should it be:
> >
> >"Neither libc.a nor libm.a, as we have them, produce SIGFPE; on the
> contrary,
> >they go to great lengths to avoid that."
>
Be careful when criticizing others language usage lest you become a target of
the language police. There is a brand of English that sprang up years ago
that came to be called (variously) Mountain English or Frontier English -- the
more negatives in a sentence the more negative the meaning. "He ain't never
had no useful ideas, nohow," is an example.
> What can I say? I'm not a native English speaker.
>
I'd say you do rather well, Eli.
KB Williams
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Time, eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il writes:<BR>
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>BTW I think you've got too many negatives above. Should it be:<BR>
><BR>
>"Neither libc.a nor libm.a, as we have them, produce SIGFPE; on the cont=
rary,<BR>
>they go to great lengths to avoid that."<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3=
FAMILY=3D"SERIF" FACE=3D"Georgia" LANG=3D"0">Be careful when criticizing ot=
hers language usage lest you become a target of the language police. T=
here is a brand of English that sprang up years ago that came to be called (=
variously) Mountain English or Frontier English -- the more negatives in a s=
entence the more negative the meaning. "He ain't never had no useful i=
deas, nohow," is an example.</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGRO=
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT=
: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">What can I say? I'm not a nativ=
e English speaker.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3=
FAMILY=3D"SERIF" FACE=3D"Georgia" LANG=3D"0">I'd say you do rather well, El=
i.<BR>
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KB Williams</FONT></HTML>
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