Re: I need help explaining basic linguistic concepts to a lay person


Heidi Graw wrote:
> ><jayne.kulikauskas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:1138059039.407470.137320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[...]
> >Using what
> > makes sense to you as your criterion is not working. You are making a
> > fool of yourself.
>
> Jayne, you can think of me as that fool however much you want. You're
> hardly the kind of person I would go out of my way to impress. What is
> important to me is how I think about myself. And I don't think of myself as
> a fool. So, that ad hominen is wasted on me. Why do you even bother?

I felt sorry for you. It wasn't an ad hominem; it was advice.

Jayne

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