"Larry Roll K3LT" wrote in message
...
In article , "Kim W5TIT"

writes:

In article , "Kim W5TIT"

writes:

It's a pretty near given that I (nor many
others in this newsgroup) would find anything like the death of
someone
else
"hilarious."

Kim:

Ahem -- care to look over the above sentence and, perhaps, add
something
to it? Or "not"?

73 de Larry, K3LT



Oh, hell, let me go ahead and do it:

It's a pretty near given that I, nor many others in this newsgroup, would
find anything like the death of someone else "hilarious." There, maybe
the
parentheses confused Larry...

Kim W5TIT

Kim:

Yawn! Ok, apparently you need some help here. I *think* that what you
meant to say goes something like this: "It's a pretty near given that
neither I, nor many others in this newsgroup, would find anything like
the death of someone else "hilarious.""


Yeah. You're correct. *IF* you want to give the appearance of being rather
archaic in the use of the English Language. I believe an English professor
would bear me out that by the use of the word "nor" directly after the word
"I" is the proper way in which to construct that sentence. If I am wrong,
and I don't think I am, then you are absolutely correct.


An alternative version would be: "It's a pretty near given that
I, or any others in this newsgroup, would not find anything like
the death of someone else "hilarious.""


Good grief, that's miserably constructed and you'd be one of those who would
construct a sentence thusly, not I.


Is that what you meant to say, Kim? If so, I think that you could benefit
from some basic classes on English composition, with an emphasis on
sentence structure.

73 de Larry, K3LT


Uh huh. Who could?

Kim W5TIT