Oh, Piers, that's so '50s. In the new century, we give praise for anything even
remotely correct. <g>
On that subject, my daughter in law, a university librarian, recently was asked
to help a student--an immigrant from Latin America--research the hypothesis
that too much praise, i.e., grammar school certificates for best applause and
other nonsense of that order, was detrimental to the overall development of
young minds. (Note clear prejudicial POV of this reporter.) She reports that
she was unable to find anything to support the hypothesis; in fact, she said
all the research she found contradicted the student's notion.
Clearly we must begin allocating applause for members of the list who, for
example, write creative subject lines, or who show the highest degree of
sympathy or empathy toward members who attempt to post links to pictures, even
if the links don't work, etc. We may--MAY, mind you--be remiss in not gently
protesting those who proffer corrections or criticisms of linguistic and
grammatical stumbles, or those who submit criticisms of posted photos. Special
Time Outs would be the lot of members such as Moose who have the temerity to
actually attempt to _improve_ upon posted images, or at least illustrate
alternate processing.
--Bob Whitmire
Most Wonderful and Exemplary Human Being
(Note: Self-aggrandizement is the new humility.)
On Dec 1, 2013, at 1:43 PM, piers@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks, Chris, but the thing is, correct usage passes unnoticed. Sorry but
> that is just the way it is!
>
> Piers
> On 1 Dec 2013 13:20, "Chris Trask" <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> If you think that camera gear is expensive, how about this $600 kitchen
>> mixer tap?
>>>
>>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=9750
>>>
>>> 15% deducted for payment with cash cheque ...
>>>
>>> The unit it replaced was beyond worn ...
>>>
>>
>> Very retro. I have an older one in my utility room. Bought it with
>> a house attached for $84K back in '84.
>>
>> PS - You'll notice I used the apostrophe correctly there.
>>
>
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