Proper Chain Length

[Michael Press]

In article
<[email protected]>,
"Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote:

> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:58:37 -0500, "Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >><[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>news:[email protected]...
> > Dear Jeff,
> >
> > 'Taint just Texas!
> >
> > Them folks out in Deptford cain't spell last names none too good,
> > neither.
>
> I once had a very new and young psychology professor in graduate school who
> corrected me when I wrote, "the effect of x on y was small." She insisted
> that it should be "affect" - all good psychologists, of course, are
> particularly interested in affect. I suggested, of course, that my original
> spelling was correct. She checked further and wrote back, "your right."
> ...true story. ...but she was from California, not Texas.

In seventh grade a teacher attempted to correct
"The ship foundered" in a paper of mine.

--
Michael Press

 

[still me]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:35:10 -0700, Michael Press <[email protected]>
wrote:

>She checked further and wrote back, "your right."
>> ...true story. ...but she was from California, not Texas.

I hope she wrote "you're right"... unless she meant something else
entirely.

 

[Michael Press]

In article
<[email protected]>,
still me <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:35:10 -0700, Michael Press <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >She checked further and wrote back, "your right."
> >> ...true story. ...but she was from California, not Texas.
>
> I hope she wrote "you're right"... unless she meant something else
> entirely.

You make an incorrect attribution here.

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Michael Press

 

[Jeff]

"still me" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:35:10 -0700, Michael Press <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>She checked further and wrote back, "your right."
>>> ...true story. ...but she was from California, not Texas.
>
> I hope she wrote "you're right"... unless she meant something else
> entirely.


No she wrote "your right" - ...unfortunately.

J



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[still me]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:54:07 -0500, "Jeff" <[email protected]> wrote:

>No she wrote "your right" - ...unfortunately.
>
>J

Well, I guess she's correct either way