Off Topic

[Terran Wright]

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To be grammatically correct, maybe a purist, it should be:

"Certain things are always
changing around the world.
Other things never change,
anywhere around the world."



avoid the double negative



----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Jochem" <roger at RUDNICK.COM.BR>
To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: Off Topic


> Closing this subject, what a difference a single space does in a
sentence...
>
> It was like this:
>
> "Certain things are always
> changing aroud the world.
> Other things never change,
> now here around the world."
>
> And it should be like this:
>
> "Certain things are always
> changing aroud the world.
> Other things never change,
> nowhere around the world."
>
> Someone in the publicity agency made the mistake...
>
> Regards
>
> Roger Jochem
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dustin Baer" <dustin.baer at IHS.COM>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 12:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Off Topic
>
>
> > "Certain things are always changing around the world.
> > Like everyone else's crappy furniture."
> >
> > Dustin
> >
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