From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:39:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2102167.S96RrA3Q0U@peak> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180201222411.2f94d7d0@digimed.co.uk>
On Thursday, 1 February 2018 22:24:11 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:17:10 -0500, Philip Webb wrote:
> > The Romans were very practical people who didn't waste time or effort,
> > but got on with the job & built an empire which lasted 500 years .
>
> built an empire THAT lasted 500 years
Nope. Philip was right the first time. They built an empire, and it lasted
500 years. Your version implies that they built an empire that lasted 500
years, as distinct from one that didn't.
Consult Fowler on "that and which". Preferably not the most recent version.
--
Regards,
Peter.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-01 23:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-01 17:03 [gentoo-user] [OT] A little help for non-native English speakers Peter Humphrey
2018-02-01 18:12 ` Rich Freeman
2018-02-01 18:27 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2018-02-01 18:47 ` Philip Webb
2018-02-01 18:50 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 19:09 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-01 19:25 ` Rich Freeman
2018-02-01 21:17 ` Philip Webb
2018-02-01 22:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 23:39 ` Peter Humphrey [this message]
2018-02-02 0:04 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 0:36 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 1:30 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 4:48 ` allan gottlieb
2018-02-02 5:31 ` Floyd Anderson
2018-02-01 23:36 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-01 18:55 ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 22:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Ian Zimmerman
2018-02-01 23:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-01 22:52 ` [gentoo-user] [OT] " Frank Steinmetzger
2018-02-01 23:05 ` Jack
2018-02-01 23:34 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2018-02-02 0:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 0:08 ` Jack
2018-02-03 0:19 ` Wol's lists
2018-02-03 8:43 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-03 17:24 ` Wols Lists
2018-02-03 18:32 ` Philip Webb
2018-02-01 23:42 ` [gentoo-user] " Frank Steinmetzger
2018-02-01 23:43 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 7:34 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-02 7:47 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2018-02-02 7:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-02 8:10 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 10:06 ` Alan McKinnon
2018-02-02 17:28 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-03 0:21 ` Wol's lists
2018-02-02 4:06 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-02 8:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 20:05 ` Grant Taylor
2018-02-02 20:34 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 23:44 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-03 8:44 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 20:37 ` allan gottlieb
2018-02-01 23:45 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 0:25 ` R0b0t1
2018-02-02 0:41 ` Peter Humphrey
2018-02-02 1:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-02-02 1:58 ` Rich Freeman
2018-02-03 13:46 ` Frank Steinmetzger
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