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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> At 4:17:07 PM on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, stlatos wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > You misinterpreted what I wrote
>
> Apparently.
>
> > and then blamed it on me?
>
> In part, yes.
>
> > You've said I abbreviate too often, not that I misuse
> > symbols.
>
> You don't write clearly, full stop. Excessive abbreviation
> is merely the most egregious symptom.
Whether I write clearly in general or abbr. too often is not what
I'm asking about. In this specific case I abbr.
noun and/or adjective
as
noun/adj.
If I had meant what you thought I would have abbr.
adjective formed from noun
as
adj. << noun
Now please be clear so you don't set a bad example for me: when you
said your interpretation of my abbreviation resulted from my habit for
excessive abbreviation did you mean that you thought I misused the
symbol '/' ? If so, did you think that in addition to excessive
abbreviation I also misuse abbreviation? If not, when is '/' used in
that way?
If you thought I meant 'adjective formed from noun', why did you
think the noun was 'foot'? If you thought I made a mistake why didn't
you ask for clarification? Why didn't you ask which noun I meant, or
whatever question was foremost on your mind? Why did you continue
acting as if the word I posited was formed from foot after I repeated
expressed incomprehension at your use of 'footic'?