Re: about plc

On Sep 25, 2:50 pm, Rich Grise <r...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:16:25 -0700, mpm wrote:
On Sep 24, 6:25?pm, Rich Grise <r...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

FWIW, I firmly believe that no machine could ever be like a living
being....

While that may be true..., it's inverse is not. Try calling customer
service at any major company and see if you don't agree.

That's a good point. While no machine can ever feel, humans do have
the capacity to deny their feelings to the point of becoming a machine-
substitute.

And there is no apostrophe in the possessive its.

Thanks,
Rich

I type at near 90 wpm so the occasional typo is to be expected.
But since you brought it up, the American Heritage Dictionary states:

It is frequently asserted that sentences beginning with and or but
express "incomplete thoughts" and are therefore incorrect.

-mpm

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