As an English teacher (ret.) and lover of language, your point is
delightful. Others, however, might take us both as pedants. Whatever.
John
Barks wrote:
> >I watched the James Bond movie "Licence [sic] to Kill"
> >over the weekend and during the opening credits sequence,
> >noticed the word Zuiko in the corner of the screen. Then
> >as the view widens, we see the Zuiko lens is attached to
> >an Olympus OM4Ti! I failed to notice which Zuiko lens it
> >was, though.
> >
> >I think this movie dates from the early '80s, it is one of
> >the few movies with Tomothy Dalton as James Bond.
> >
>
> In the _original_ English, licence (the noun) is spelt with a second
> 'c', whereas the verb contains an 's' instead. In fact, the easy way
> to remember it is that the nouns such as defence practice contain the
> 'c' while the verbs contain the 's' - e.g. practise.
>
> So, no "sic" for English please ;-)
>
> Back on topic. The chat about big and little bags has got me sorting
> my stuff. The trouble is, I have 3 bags...
>
> Chris
>
> ~~~~~ ><>
> Chris Barker
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