SAVE THE HUBBLE FOUNDATION!

Wfoley2:
Let the Hubble Foundation save itself, I am more interested in saving the
Hubble.
G
Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)

Michael:
There is no foundation, it's [sic] joke my fine furry friend.

And you, my naked-ape friend, may have missed the grammatical point.
"Save the Hubble Foundation" means "save a foundation named 'The Hubble
Foundation.'" But "Save-the-Hubble Foundation" is a foundation
(fictitious though it may be) named "Save the Hubble.

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of hyphenating
compound adjectives. Man eating tiger vs. man-eating tiger, e.g. Waaaay
different!

Davoud

Fat free food: Food that's fat, but you don't have to pay for it
(though it still lacks a comma).
Fat-free food: Food that contains no fat.

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Davoud wrote:
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of hyphenating
compound adjectives. Man eating tiger vs. man-eating tiger, e.g. Waaaay
different!

Hunh. Apparently, it's even more difficult to overstate the importance
of context when reading.

:-o

Brian Tung
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Davoud wrote:
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of hyphenating
compound adjectives. Man eating tiger vs. man-eating tiger, e.g. Waaaay
different!

Hunh. Apparently, it's even more difficult to overstate the importance
of context when reading.

:-o

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

Davoud wrote:
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of hyphenating
compound adjectives. Man eating tiger vs. man-eating tiger, e.g. Waaaay
different!

Hunh. Apparently, it's even more difficult to overstate the importance
of context when reading.

:-o

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

Davoud wrote:
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of hyphenating
compound adjectives. Man eating tiger vs. man-eating tiger, e.g. Waaaay
different!

Hunh. Apparently, it's even more difficult to overstate the importance
of context when reading.

:-o

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

Davoud wrote:
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of hyphenating
compound adjectives. Man eating tiger vs. man-eating tiger, e.g. Waaaay
different!

Brian Tung:
Hunh. Apparently, it's even more difficult to overstate the importance
of context when reading.

Agreed, but context doesn't always help. "I went to the zoo and saw a
man eating tiger."

Davoud

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Davoud wrote:
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of hyphenating
compound adjectives. Man eating tiger vs. man-eating tiger, e.g. Waaaay
different!

Brian Tung:
Hunh. Apparently, it's even more difficult to overstate the importance
of context when reading.

Agreed, but context doesn't always help. "I went to the zoo and saw a
man eating tiger."

Davoud

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Davoud wrote:
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of hyphenating
compound adjectives. Man eating tiger vs. man-eating tiger, e.g. Waaaay
different!

Brian Tung:
Hunh. Apparently, it's even more difficult to overstate the importance
of context when reading.

Agreed, but context doesn't always help. "I went to the zoo and saw a
man eating tiger."

Davoud

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usenet *at* davidillig dawt com

Davoud wrote:
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of hyphenating
compound adjectives. Man eating tiger vs. man-eating tiger, e.g. Waaaay
different!

Brian Tung:
Hunh. Apparently, it's even more difficult to overstate the importance
of context when reading.

Agreed, but context doesn't always help. "I went to the zoo and saw a
man eating tiger."

Davoud

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On 01/21/04 13:13 +0900, Davoud wrote:

Michael:
There is no foundation, it's [sic] joke my fine furry friend.

That "[sic]" wasn't in the original message. Your use of
journalistic style here is confusing and goes contrary to Usenet
quoting practice. The symbols denoting a quoted section are
equivalent to using "[sic]" at the line level. Any modifications
of the quoted content amounts to tampering.

Foundation.'" But "Save-the-Hubble Foundation" is a foundation
(fictitious though it may be) named "Save the Hubble.

You didn't close your quotation. Whatever are we to do with you?
*mock sigh* ;^)

g, d & r

trane
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