"Kim W5TIT" wrote in message
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"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
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"Larry Roll K3LT" wrote:

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."" (snip)


You must be getting old or something, Larry. You gave up much too
quickly.
It was surely a mistake when she first wrote it, but a real surprise
when
she actually wrote it again without catching the mistake.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/


I meant to add that I'll check with our grammar department today...

Kim W5TIT



ACK!!! Man, I am still stunned over this one--I *must* be getting old. The
grammar department indeed reminded me of the old "either/neither"
"neither/nor" argument to be used in deciding upon correct grammar! So,
yes, Larry was correct! Wow, what a hoot! Larry being correct Big Evil
Grin. However, it was stated that, in a casual conversation, inference is
98% of the communication. Deductive reasoning would lend itself to knowing
what was intended to be said (sorry, Jim). I did remind them that I do not
consider this venue as much "casual" as I do a debate environment. So, they
said in a debate I'd lose points. Consider the points lost.

Anyway, yep, the sentence should have been as Larry stated in the above
reposted, reposted, reposted(?) post. All I can say is I am proud to have
given Larry the opportunity to be correct *and* intellectual, for
once...Big Evil Grin again. What a hoot, eh? Oh wait, upon review, could
it look to JJ like I am backpedaling? Hmmm.....nope, don't think so...

Now, back to cooking a fine, fine cook-ahead Thanksgiving dinner that
neither I nor anyone could deny being delightfully delicious!

Kim W5TIT