Re: Wireless and SuSE

On 23 Feb at 10:25 Martin Burke <mlburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Tony van der Hoff wrote:

On 22 Feb at 12:29 Martin Burke <mlburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message <vdzvj.122720$mY5.78286@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Linux - Free no Virus's Spyware Trojans Windowz - Expensive buggy
virus's spyware trojans SLOW

Unfortunately both suffer from misplaced apostrophes, which really
dilutes your message.


Hope thats better now !!

No :)

Looks fine now

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V V V V V V V V V
Linux - Free no Virus's Spyware Trojans
Windowz - Expensive buggy virus's spyware trojans SLOW

Do you know what an apostrophe is, Martin? It's that small, but incredibly
important punctuation mark that the uninformed scatter about at random,
thereby radically changing the meaning of their messages.

The plural of "virus" is "viruses".

The possessive of "virus" is "virus's", What you have written refers to the
spyware owned by the virus, which makes nonsense of your undoubtedly
well-intended message.

Try this for size:
Linux : Free, no viruses, spyware or trojans.
Windowz : Expensive, buggy, and SLOW, with viruses, spyware and trojans.

It may seem trivial and nit-picking to you, but if you want to get a message
across, you'll be more respected if it makes sense.

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Tony van der Hoff | mailto:news_0711@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Buckinghamshire, England
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