[pianotech] Conventions

[John Formsma]

David,

This grammar nerd thanks you! ;-)

I wasn't aware of what "toeing the line" meant. Good to know...er, I guess.
:-)


-- 
John Formsma, RPT
Blue Mountain, MS


On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:00 AM, David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> wrote:

>  we can't stand it when people are different than
> us, or they don't tow the line.
>
>
> Dean, I think you mean "different from", not "different than".  This one
> differs FROM that one; it doesn't differ THAN that one. Similar TO,
> different FROM.
>
> And I think you mean TOE the line, not TOW it.  To stand in an orderly
> obedient manner with the rest of the crew before the captain of the Navy
> ship, barefoot on deck with toes lined up at a seam on the deck.
>
> You should be banned for these errors. And I should be banned for my
> pettifogging nit-picking nonsense.....
>
> Cordially,
>
> David.
> www.davidboyce.co.uk
>
>
>
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