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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Even Epic Knows Their Client Sucks
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:58:07 -0500
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:53:54 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote: 

>On 17/06/2025 19:05, Zaghadka wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:32:06 +0100, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Virgin also ended up backing down as I presume they realised that peeing
>>> customers, current or future, off is not a good thing to do
>> 
>> Damn your split infinitive!
>> 
>In my experience Brits have a rather casual attitude towards the 'rules' 
>of their own language. An example is when my father in-law was trying to 
>learn English and a question came back to me of when to say 'the' vs. 
>'thee'. My actually answer was whatever sounds right although I did look 
>it up afterwards. Fewer vs. less I do know the technical difference but 
>I go with the same rule of what sounds right, is right.
>
>As for split infinitives, I once saw a comment in a code review that 
>someone had used one in a comment. I mean seriously, what's that all about?

That one was a doozy. It had "customers, current or future," sandwiched
in between so I didn't even know why the word "off" was there, until a
few seconds thought later.

To boldly go...

-- 
Zag

What's the point of growing up 
if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC