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ok now is any one keeping count in the duel of UT Swimmers vs the Mathletes cast your vote today ande Originally posted by Swimmy I vote for the UT swimmers too. Not into pocket protectors... Swimmy :)

Where?.....Einstein must have been a typo ...darn those double vowels!!......I can't find the other misspelling?....maybe I'm looking at it with some kinda dyslexia??.....BTW, first it's my general writing style and now it's my spelling....hummmm.....What's with all the English related comments anyway Knelson?....(j/k of course)......I wasn't the 3rd grade spelling bee champ that's for sure.....I hate spelling as a matter of fact.....If we are to spell correctly, I feel that the powers that be should create a language with MUCH fewer inconsistencies about spelling and grammer rules!!....Something more along the lines of Latin.....A much more logical language than pathetic English IMHO!! Newmastersswimmer p.s. Typical Engineer!!....Always worried about the actual nuts and bolts of everything ...no matter how mundane!

Sorry Jim, gotta go with the UT swimmers on this one ...

Originally posted by newmastersswimmer I am sorry though if my writing style, spelling errors, punctuation errors, and/or grammer errors cause you any discomfort. Thanks. I have my Maalox sitting here in case I need it when reading your posts ;) Some people's brains are wired for spelling and grammar, some aren't. Those in the second camp usually learn it isn't worth the effort to worry much about it, but those of us in the first are always there to point out their errors!

Originally posted by newmastersswimmer Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. The reason for the grammar rules is to avoid any ambiguities. The only way to make this work is to follow the rules all the time. But I think we've both kicked this dead horse enough, so I'll let it rest. As I mentioned, I only brought it up because it was a quote in your signature.

So the fact that there is an "exception" for when apostrophes are used to indicate possession in the case of pronouns shows a "kind of" inconsistency in the sense that there is no "general" rule for apostrophes and possession.....like when using apostrophes for contractions...which you indicated is a "general rule"......Other examples are like the "i" before "e" "except" after "c" rule......and even that exception rule has exceptions to it...etc...etc.........bottom line is that I don't care!.....I am sorry though if my writing style, spelling errors, punctuation errors, and/or grammar errors cause you any discomfort. Newmastersswimmer

Some people's brains are wired for spelling and grammar, some aren't. Those in the second camp usually learn it isn't worth the effort to worry much about it, but those of us in the first are always there to point out their errors! originally posted by knelson My brain is wired to admire things that make logical sense to me......Maybe this sounds egocentric....and I apologize if it does....but in all seriousness, it is hard for me to pay much attention to something that I see as a kind of "artificial layer of complexity" woven into a language that has little practical purpose.....In mathematics you hardly ever see this kind of thing....the symbolic language is subject to interpretation based on the context that it is used....for example (1,5) can mean many different things depending on the context in which it is used...... it could represent a single ordered pair in the x-y plane.....or it could mean all the real numbers that are both strictly greater than 1 and strictly less than 5......It could also be interpreted as a 1x2 matrix (usually without the comma though).....My point is that there are many symbols and words commonly used in mathematics that have ambiguous meaning without supporting context clues......In English (and other languages as well), it seems as if many of the inconsistencies (i.e. irregularities) within the rules of grammer, spelling and punctuation are some kind of attempts at correcting perceived ambiguities (like it's verses its for example).....It's not good enough to simply ascertain the meaning of the apostrophe in it's from the context clues....we need an extra complexity within the rules to help us?.....To me, the extra layer of unnecessary complexity within the rules of English only serves one purpose.....So that those who have wasted their time learning them all can go around correcting others who have not.....Sorry Knelson.....Please try not to take to much offense. Newmastersswimmer

Jim come and play on the aforementioned board ... :)

So back to the UT swimmers ... ;) By the way, I don't descriminate ... Auburn, USC, UCLA, Standord, Cal, Arizona, Michigan ... they all work ...

But I think we've both kicked this dead horse enough, so I'll let it rest. As I mentioned, I only brought it up because it was a quote in your signature. originally posted by Knelson agreed.....but since you seem like a decent enough old chap, I decided to fix my signature so that you don't have to down "as much" Maalox when encountering my postings in the future. Newmastersswimmer p.s. Heather ...I will come and play at the other NSR board as soon as you provide results for my so called "requests" over there (j/k of course.....I will be there soon I promise).