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> > In lugnet.admin.terms, Scott Sanburn writes:
> > > [...] Is bragging offensive to some people? Yes. Does it
> > > not belong on LUGNET? Not according to what Todd said.
> >
> > For the record, I did not say that bragging didn't belong here.
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> Ooh, Scott's sentence structure there is icky. There's some double
> negatavism going on, but the phrase "does it not belong" is usually
> intended to mean the same is "is it true that it belongs"...
Icky? That's a new one. Well, serves me right for trying to reply to fast.
: ) How about "Is bragging offensive to some people? Yes. Does it belong on
LUGNET?" Better.
FUT to off.topic.fun I guess.
Scott "Off to fix the webpage" S.
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| (...) Ooh, Scott's sentence structure there is icky. There's some double negatavism going on, but the phrase "does it not belong" is usually intended to mean the same is "is it true that it belongs"... (...) One thing I strongly suggest you also add (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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