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Ahhh! The joys of fighting with the computer!. "> <sigh> I miss it sometimes, lol.

Yes, i also fight with the computer. Actually, i fight with anything and anyone. But that's not the point.

Te best advice that i can give is, tale that automatic thinga-magij off. And that isn't much info now is it??

It's also very annoying getting little red and green squiggly lines. You click the green ones and it says it has no suggestion, which I think means it just wanted to stop my train of thought.

Hehe, well, I'll go now,
Satine

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I know what you mean Satine. The red lines don't bother me that much (I am an atrocious speller, so I am rather grateful for those ones), but the green ones make me get all fiery and I start muttering to the computer and threatening it with bodily harm. I even asked it to step outside so we could deal with it like real men.

So, there's one vote for #2.

Anyone else wanna have their say?

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"You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed."
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Asteroid B-612

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Umm, these people in here are really no help to you what so ever are they ??? I like #2 better but thats just me. Plus the computer isn't prefect, because we aren't either and we designed the stupid things things.

So just do your own thing and then if you don't like the computers version then leave it the way it is and just press ignore. Only my suggestion !!!

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Definitely 2.

However...do you mind if I suggest breaking up that sentence.

Hansan grabbed Fred's arm. By steering him into a corner, he stopped his headlong flight from the ballroom.

Or...

Fred felt his arm grabbed. It was Hansan, steering him into a corner and preventing his headlong flight.


Or best of all... (I presume we know who Fred is, what has startled him and where they are.) just say:

Hansan grabbed Fred's arm and steered him into a corner.

We already know that Fred - by being grabbed and cornered - is not going headlong anywhere from the ballroom.

Oh dear, forgive Lisa. "> I do not mean to lecture. Short sentences are really powerful. Cut out virtually every 'and', put a full stop in its place and you'll achieve instant pace. Advice only. ">

Definitely your version 2 is better.

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HA!

and i quote:
"Cut out virtually every 'and', put a full stop in its place and you'll achieve instant pace. Advice only"

Fiona, you're great "> *wink*

*chuckles*

hear that lisa?? cut out virtually EVERY AND... short sentences are powerful.

do be, do be dooooooo

ASTEROID B-612 AIM: LCHAOS1 Lisahy #8 - 29th Mar 2002 20:51:00 Member Total Posts: 223 Last Online: 19th Apr 2004 16:34:00 Registered: 14th May 2004 00:00:00 Send Message? Post: Reply | Quote NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Fiona Fiona Fiona!!! You were supposed to edit that post before Tommy saw it. ARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!! *sigh* Okay, you little rotter, you might have won this battle, but you haven't won the war. And this is only half a victory because you had already conceded that I was a 'grammatical fiend' and that YOU WERE INCORRECT!!! HAH! *jealously defends at least half the ands in her stories* I was so proud of my rammbling, endless, convoluted sentences too... "> Fiona, I am taking your advice into consideration, but it is too late for book one, which is already half printed in its final form. "> ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed." The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Asteroid B-612 Chord-loas #9 - 30th Mar 2002 20:55:00 Member Total Posts: 104 Last Online: 10th Sep 2002 18:41:00 Registered: 15th May 2004 00:00:00 Send Message? Post: Reply | Quote ill take 'half-right', im not greedy. ASTEROID B-612 AIM: LCHAOS1 Page 1 of 1. Subscribe to Category | Subscribe to Forum | Subscribe to Topic | Reply to Topic xHTML CSS WAI 508 Top