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Um, Darin, what is your position on punctuation? Need we say more? (We copied your message exactly as it was received.) Oh, and it's TOWFI. You are, however, to be commended on your use of the word feculent! Actually, we do need to say more. Occasionally we don't correct a Guestmudgeon on one wrong (or partially wrong) complaint among several valid ones. We leave it up to our readers. However, in this case, as with many curmudgeonly complaints, Jim Schuler is simply expressing a matter of taste. We personally don't like to hear impacted used in place of had an impact on, either. We think "The shareholders' report had an impact on the stock value" sounds much better than "The shareholders' report impacted the stock value". The latter sounds like someone threw the report at the stock and made a direct hit! From Jesse S. Summers
See our reply above.
Thanks Jesse. While what you write is true, it misses the point of curmudgeonry in general! From Brad Daniels:
An eloquent discussion, but most curmudgeons will disagree with you. That's just what they do! |
From Steve Whitelaw:
Interesting! We hadn't heard that one! |
From Chuck Royalty:
Thanks for that clarification. Joshua must be hanging with some Californians! |
From Roger Whitehead:
Egad! |
From Marina T. Stern:
You are certainly living up to your name in this instance, Marina! Well, you've got to admit that referring to Interstate 10 as the "Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway" sounds a bit pompous (not to mention offensive to some Native Americans) since I-10 already has local names in different cities. For example, it's the Santa Monica Freeway in parts of the L.A. area and the Katy Freeway in the Houston, Texas area. And as for using the local idiom, we're pretty sure people will still understand Sheri if she says "Do I take 10 to Ontario*?" versus "Do I take the 10 to Ontario?" It may be a local idiom but it's an odd one, hence the lengthy discussions herein. *Ontario in this example is a town in the greater L.A. area |
From Barry Lord:
What a nice note! It is a lot of work, Barry, and we appreciate you noticing as much as we appreciate your encouragement. |
Or read last week's issue to see what all of these people are talking about! |
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