RE: Memory installation in a 170?

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

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David,

Nice catch....I didn't read far enough through Larry's post.

So the out's there.  The question becomes is the "out" in the right
place?

Any English majors available to determine which sentence is more
correct?

"When I wore the one I got from IBM out I went to my favorite Hardware 
store."

"When I wore out the one I got from IBM I went to my favorite Hardware 
store."


And now back to my v5r4 upgrade....

Charles Wilt
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave McKenzie
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:02 AM
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Subject: Re: Memory installation in a 170?

Hi Charles,

Well, picking nits is always fun, so here is Larry's original 
sentence, 
dredged from the archives:

"When I wore the one I got from IBM out I went to my favorite 
Hardware 
store."

--Dave


Wilt, Charles wrote:

Scott,

Has always, a nice detailed and accurate explanation.

The problem is that Larry didn't use the phrase "wore out"  he said
"When I wore the one".

I'm sure Trevor realized that Larry meant to say "when I 

wore out the

one".  But he didn't, which makes Trevor's reply pretty funny.

Personally, I find it interesting that Trevor even caught 

the slip up.

I'd be willing to best most readers did the same thing you 

and I did,

added the missing out and went on without realizing it was 

missing in

the first place.

Have a good weekend.

Charles Wilt
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fax: 513-398-1121

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 4:40 PM
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Subject: Re: Memory installation in a 170?

How do you ~wear~ a 5.5mm socket wrench? What, pray tell, 

is 5.5 mm on 

your body? Your pinkie, perhaps?

I'm not sure if you're joking or if you didn't understand 

what Larry 

meant...  The term "wore out" means that the continued use of 
the item 
caused the parts to degrade to the point where it needed to 
be replaced.

For example, if you do a lot of driving, you might "wear out" 
the tires on 
your car, because little-by-little the rubber wears down, and 
has to be 
replaced.  As a verb, you might say "I wore out the tires 

on my car".

Larry is saying that he "wore out" the tool he got from IBM, so he 
bought two new ones.

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