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On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:30:47 -0500, Roger
wrote in : Implicit in that statement is what he will do if I don't help. Ah...it *might* for a person whose native language is English, but highly unlikely for a person whose native language is not English. Perhaps. But you don't know what the OP meant any more than I do. All we have is his ACTUAL words and syntax. I just took his words at face, and responded accordingly. S/he can then be aware of how his English "sentence" will be understood by native English speakers. It would be a disservice to just ignore the faux pas without calling attention to it, IMO. The fact that I provided the information s/he sought is evidence that I was aware that there was room for equivocation about his/her intended meaning. You (all) seem willing to give the OP the benefit of the doubt, but are unwilling to extend the same to me. WTF? Believe me, I've been accessing the worldwide Usenet forum since 1985; I'm fully aware that it often contains messages from folks who's native language is not English. If I had made such an incorrect statement, I'd want it pointed out to me, so that I wouldn't continue to make the same mistake. |
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