Re: Code beautifier

From:	tedd	Date:	Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:10:39 +0000
Subject:	Re: Code beautifier
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At 9:06 AM +0100 7/28/08, Peter Ford wrote:

At 6:47 PM -0400 7/25/08, Daniel Brown wrote:
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:29 PM, tedd <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> wrote:
But, there's nothing wrong with starting a sentence with but.
    Correct, as I said, in "Reader's Digest" English.  In proper
grammar, it's tantamount to ending a sentence with a preposition[1]. However, even in Reader's Digest English (RDE[TM]), heading a word with "but" is acceptable.... but following it immediately with a comma is not[2].
It's arguably more correct in this case to use ellipsis:

Okay, who said an old dog can't learn new tricks? Both you and Daniel have convinced me to stop using "But," and start using "But ..." As I've said many times before: "I've learned something new every day of my life... and I'm getting damned tried of it!" Thanks, Cheers, tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com