Re: Authorities


"LX-i" <lxi0007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Pete Dashwood wrote:
>> <docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:ddd9hp$n53$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>In article <3lulggFt0olcU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>Pete Dashwood <dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>It is true that when it comes to the lives of others (like a bridge
>>>>tragedy)
>>>>we cannot allow the engineer to say: "Oops! Chalk that one up to
>>>>experience...", so we put checks and balances in place to ensure that
>>>>the
>>>>risks are minimised and the responsibility is shared by people qualified
>>>>to
>>>>do so. But few of us engineer our lives.
>>>
>>>There's that pesky third person plural again... see above about learning
>>>from others.
>>
>> OK. In my experience, I don't see people engineering their lives. (Did I
>> really need to qualify that? Obviously, you thought I did...)
>
> It depends on what level of conversation you're using, and whether you
> want to amend what you say until it's crafted to their exacting
> specifications. I had no problems at all with your third person plural,
> and I understood exactly what you meant.
>

Thank you, Daniel. Sometimes I really wonder if it is me or CLC... or just
some people in CLC.

Nevertheless, as long as it is fun (and on the off-chance of actually
learning something) I'll continue to come here...

As the Doc remarked a few days ago; everyone needs a hobby... :-)

Exchanging ideas with intelligent people is not a bad one, even if there is
sometimes a smokescreen of pedantry and intolerance.

Pete.




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