Re: Be and Have in Hebrew, and ACC case


"Ekkehard Dengler" <ED-RS@xxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:dn01ue$8kd$03$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Peter T. Daniels schrieb:
> > Ruud Harmsen wrote:
> > >
> > > Sun, 04 Dec 2005 18:46:28 GMT: "Peter T. Daniels"
> > > <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:
> > >
> > > >If you wrote with some maturity, I'd consider you a woman rather than
a
> > > >girl. The stupidity is manifest in nearly every posting.
> > >
> > > But even if that might be the case (I don't know, knowing virtually
> > > nothing about Hebrew) you could have the maturity of approching that
> > > stupidity with a little bit of tact. But you don't. And it isn't the
> > > first time. Towards her and towards others.
> >
> > Why should I waste civility on foolishness? Replying kindly to nutcases
> > and crackpots only encourages them to continue posting.
>
> Civility is never wasted, Peter, it's a prerequisite for meaningful
> communication. Disagreement is senseless if accompanied by name-calling,
> because it's guaranteed not to be taken seriously.
>
> If you think somebody is hopelessly wrong, explain why you think so (or
just
> ignore them) but don't try to bully them out of the group. It's not up to
> you to decide who gets to post here. Besides, arguments made in newsgroup
> posts are often easy to misunderstand.

And mine is perhaps a case in point. I meant that they're often less absurd
than they appear at first sight.

Ekkehard


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