Re: I miss Lunar's Bleach fansubs already... :(

elsie wrote:
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elsie wrote:
"sanjian" <millerkb@xxxxxx> wrote in message

And then they flood you with attempts to practice (or schedule a
practice session) for english. :-)

I think some of the americans need it more. Or, to (roughly) quote
Az, "Those who apologize for their english rarely have need to do
so; those who should, never do."
See, that's why I don't think you should ever worry about passing
your 2nd semester composition class. Your instructor will be so
grateful that you write in correct English that your politics won't
make a difference.

Thanks, but even then, I doubt I got it exactly right. Like, in the
above sentence, I wasn't sure if it was ok to separate "those who
should" from "never do" with a comma. Thought it's likely
incorrect, I decided it enhanced readability, so I added it.

Actually, in that sentence, the comma needs to be there because
otherwise it becomes "those who should never do" which means
something quite different since "should never do" becomes a single
verb phrase rather than two verb phrases as is meant by the sentence.

Indeed. It felt like a right place to put one, but I couldn't think of a
rule like "separates out a non-essential phrase" to justify it. I'm the
type who likes to know why I'm doing something (if I don't know the why,
I'll never remember the what).

Of course, it should also be noted that my spelling can often be
considered a crime against humanity.
I haven't noticed any significant spelling errors in your posts. The
only corrections I would make in your post are capitalizing Americans
and English.

Ahh, sou. Nationalities -are- proper nouns. I could never quite remember
which way that went. That explains why I sometimes have a strange urge to
capitalize them when I use them as adjectives. Thought, I thought "english"
only got capitalized when used as a subject (ie, English class).

/sigh... it's been sooooo bloody long since I studied the language. There's
a lot I've forgotten (though, at least I finally figured out at "a lot"
consists of two words and "alot" is a verb).


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