Re: [OT]: Ping Kevin Aylward - re your "scientific paper"

From: John Woodgate (jmw_at_jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:02:20 +0100

I read in sci.electronics.design that xray <notreally@hotmail.invalid>
wrote (in <3l75l0tbjujuunqjvjg3rvccshduene283@4ax.com>) about '[OT]:
Ping Kevin Aylward - re your "scientific paper"', on Thu, 23 Sep 2004:
>On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 06:27:04 +0100, John Woodgate
><jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:
>
>>This is obviously complete nonsense, as can be proved by the presence of
>>this glaring grammatical error:
>>
>>The phenomena was also seemingly capable of extending itself not only
>>into the walls of the room, but both other rooms and on several
>>occasions to the locations of absent members.
>
>What, specifically, is glaring in that?
>
'Phenomena' is plural, and the plural verb is used with it in other
parts of the text. The singular is 'phenomenon'.

But you DO realise that my post was a dig at those who become apoplectic
about such things, don't you? 

-- 
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. 
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Highest Tide of the Year
    ... of the south east coast. ... I may be wrong but the phenomena of the storm surge due to lower ... spring this can be bad news. ...
    (uk.sci.weather)
  • 15 minutes of fame
    ... This morning for hours all the news shows were covering out of Los Angeles ... the saga of the Tookie Williams execution. ... about this sad tale and the events past and present surrounding it. ... Phenomena is a bridge to the real ...
    (talk.religion.buddhism)
  • Re: Google Groups Filter Broken?
    ... phenomena started. ... The advanced search function is acting funny on ... that is really bad news .. ...
    (borland.public.delphi.non-technical)
  • Re: Fermats principle and curved spacetime
    ... curvature due to the presence of intermediary matter/energy. ... the spacetime to get curved?. ... These are QUITE DIFFERENT phenomena! ... The presence of an optical medium has an ENORMOUSLY bigger effect on the speed of light than does any mass. ...
    (sci.physics.relativity)
  • Re: [OT]: Ping Kevin Aylward - re your "scientific paper"
    ... >'Phenomena' is plural, and the plural verb is used with it in other ... The singular is 'phenomenon'. ... part was a little bit odd too, but not glaring. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)