4 Apr
2013
4 Apr
'13
10:07 a.m.
On Thu, 4 Apr 2013, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
A little stupid.. I know about the rules for appending
an S in the right place, I just
can't seem to master them.
> I thought that perhaps Swedish does not have such a concept but then
> I saw that he does speak of power supplieS and fanS; he even talks
> about making the CPU's pin compatible, although instead of multiple
> pins of multiple CPUs that seems to suggest making the (single) pin
> of a single CPU compatible with something...
English has inconsistent rules, and freely breaks them.
It seems to have more IRREGULAR conjugations, declensions, and plurals.
Can anyone explain why the 'I' is after the 'E' in "WEIRD"?
"I disconnected the speaker on all of the computers in the lab." does not
imply that they share a speaker. Should I have said that I disconnected
the "speakerS"? or maybe "the speaker on EACH computer"?
And, in this particular example, "pin compatible" (or
"pin-compatible")
is a commonly used adjective that is not plural, no matter how many pins
the device has.
> Fun with words, and of course as usual surprising
and a little
> disappointing to see how ready and eager some people are instead to
> see insults or personal attacks in simple misunderstandings...
Isn't that how MOST wars start?
We react to perceived insults.
I should really know better than to write replies when
I am tired and
grumpy, sorry Fred.
's'OK
I often ask about things that I don't have a clue about.
and I earned my nickname.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com