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Subject:	Re: PCisms (was :Re: Yet Another Episode 1 Question)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 17 Apr 2000 02:39:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: > As I've said before, no one has a right not to be offended... He-hee! I think I misread this the first time you mentioned it, and I was really confused. I thought: "Gee, I'm 'not offended' many times a day--I'd hate for someone to take that away from me!" **grammar geek warning*** I suppose I was failing to identify your transitive use of "offended," seeing it instead as reflexive. 8^) Not-offendedly, Dave!

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		Re: PCisms (was :Re: Yet Another Episode 1 Question)
(...) seeing (...) Point taken, that isn't the greatest construct, is it? Can you offer a rewrite that conveys the desired meaning (there may be things that you find offensive out there, and if you encounter them, you might indeed be offended by (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: PCisms (was :Re: Yet Another Episode 1 Question)
(...) Hmm.. you raise an interesting dilemma. I've never considered myself PC. Far from it, in fact. Yet I dislike use of certain words. How to reconcile it? The PC crowd wants to prevent use of them dejure, or so it seems to me. I merely ask that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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