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And as one of Larry's editors, I think he does a fine job normally (go check out his work here: http://www.angustheitchap.com/Angus/Bloghuis/Bloghuis.html) Apparently though, having to remember metric measurements causes grammar typos - no wonder the US is still using Imperial measurements..
:-)


----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Bolhuis"
Subject: Re: Memory installation in a 170?


OK So while I DID get straight 'A's in English grammar I have redeployed
those bits in my brain to remember that the screw size on the back of a
170 is 5.5mm.  I will attempt to use the knowledge gained here to reduce
the future workload of my editors!!

Thanks for the clarification!!

- Larry

Darrell A Martin wrote:
Hi:

Not an English major, but a former proofreader.

When a word like "out" is used adverbially to modify a verb like "wore",
creating a verb phrase such as "wore out" with a meaning distinct from the
two words considered apart, it is important for clarity that one not
separate the two words of the phrase. So, your second sentence example,
"When I wore out the one I got from IBM ..."  is the better of the two.

This is even more fun than catching sentence-ending prepositions with.

Darrell

Darrell A. Martin  -  754-2187


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