atw: Re: - on being pedantic [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Are we playing poker? Or are you using martial arts techniques on me?

Howard

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I fold. 

 -- Laura 

Silcock, Howard DR writes: 

> Well, I guess so. But does that then imply that I'm *not* a pedant, on

> your scale?
> 
> Alternatively, I could raise the stakes by querying your use of 
> 'like'. Shouldn't 'looks like I qualify' be 'looks as if I qualify'?
> 
> Howard
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> Silcock, Howard DR writes:
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>> However, when I use the word pedant, I generally mean someone who's
>> fussier than me.
> 
> That should be "than I".
> 
> Looks like I qualify.
> 
>  -- Laura
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