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James Handey - 06 Nov 2006 03:37 GMT
Hi, My name is James I have a site
http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading alot
of online info I came to put all the best of it together for my own
reference, and have now put it online to share with others that are
interested or have some questions they cant or wont talk to others
about. the address is http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info I
hope my information is helpful.
cheers,
James Handey
Will - 06 Nov 2006 11:47 GMT
> Hi, My name is James I have a site
> http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading alot
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> cheers,
> James Handey

Terrible.  Resubmit when you've learnt how to use apostrophes and
commas.

Will.
athel...@yahoo - 06 Nov 2006 12:22 GMT
> > Hi, My name is James I have a site
> > http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading alot
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Terrible.  Resubmit when you've learnt how to use apostrophes and
> commas.

Learning that "a lot" is two words would be a useful next step when
he's reached proficiency with apostrophes and commas.

There are also some here also who must be very unhappy at seeing "that"
used with a human antecedent. In general I'm not too worried about
that, though in this particular instance it reads very oddly.

athel
Design Baboon - 06 Nov 2006 19:01 GMT
> > > Hi, My name is James I have a site
> > > http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading alot
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> used with a human antecedent. In general I'm not too worried about
> that, though in this particular instance it reads very oddly.

Personally I never use or feel comfortable with "that" with a human
antecedent, yet there are some who maintain that "who" (used
non-interrogatively) is only correct if it follows a comma. For example:
"The man that did that is sitting over there", but: "The man, who was now
wearing an angry expression, suddenly stood up and..."

Baboon.
Mike Lyle - 06 Nov 2006 20:30 GMT
[...]
> Personally I never use or feel comfortable with "that" with a human
> antecedent,

Sometimes it can actually be better: the AUE archive has plenty of
discussion about it.

> yet there are some who maintain that "who" (used
> non-interrogatively) is only correct if it follows a comma.[...]

Blimey! An outlandish notion. If you know their addresses, heave a
brick or two for me when you go round and smash their windows.

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Jeffrey Turner - 06 Nov 2006 22:54 GMT
>>Hi, My name is James I have a site
>>http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading alot
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Terrible.  Resubmit when you've learnt how to use apostrophes and
> commas.

I can put questions in cant, as is my wont.

--Jeff

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Often war is waged only in order to
show valor; thus an inner dignity is
ascribed to war itself, and even some
philosophers have praised it as an
ennoblement of humanity, forgetting the
pronouncement of the Greek who said,
"War is an evil in as much as it produces
more wicked men than it takes away."
--Immanuel Kant

Gerry - 06 Nov 2006 18:38 GMT
"James Handey" <testicles.1.2@gmail.com> wrote in message
> ...after reading alot...

Alot isnot aword.
UC - 06 Nov 2006 20:47 GMT
> Hi, My name is James I have a site
> http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading alot
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> cheers,
> James Handey

Why would we care to look at your site, since you're obviously
illiterate?
Skitt - 06 Nov 2006 20:57 GMT
>> Hi, My name is James I have a site
>> http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
> Why would we care to look at your site, since you're obviously
> illiterate?

Maybe it's for people with Lowered Expectations.
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Robert Lieblich - 06 Nov 2006 23:43 GMT
> >> Hi, My name is James I have a site
> >> http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> Maybe it's for people with Lowered Expectations.

Or as Graeme Thomas more-or-less said, if all else fails one can
always serve as a bad example.

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Who has been known to do so

Peacenik - 07 Nov 2006 02:44 GMT
> Hi, My name is James I have a site

Use a period, not a comma.

> http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info and after reading alot

"a lot" (two words)

> of online info I came to put all the best of it together for my own
> reference, and have now put it online to share with others that are

"who", not "that": in modern English the trend is to use "who" with human
beings.

> interested or have some questions they cant or wont

"can't", "won't"

> talk to others about.

Try breaking the above sentence into two; it's too long.

> the address

Capitalize "The": the first word in a sentence must be capitalized.

> is http://love-dating-relationship.awardspace.info

Finish the above sentence with a period.

> I
> hope my information is helpful.
> cheers,

Capitalize "Cheers".

> James Handey

You're welcome.
Peter Moylan - 07 Nov 2006 11:42 GMT
>> Hi, My name is James I have a site

[snip]

>> James Handey
>
> You're welcome.

Of course you meant to write "Your welcome".

The lack of commentary on the error in the Subject line should serve as
a lesson to those who assume that we all read the Subject line. I
noticed the glaring error only by accident.

By the way, James (if you're still around), I'm not interested. Does
that mean that the site does not exist?

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Please note the changed e-mail and web addresses.  The domain
eepjm.newcastle.edu.au no longer exists, and I can no longer
receive mail at my newcastle.edu.au addresses.  The optusnet
address could disappear at any time.

Peacenik - 07 Nov 2006 16:13 GMT
>>> Hi, My name is James I have a site
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Of course you meant to write "Your welcome".

Huh?
Skitt - 07 Nov 2006 17:20 GMT
>>>> Hi, My name is James I have a site
>>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> Huh?

Read the rest of what Peter wrote (and you snipped).
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