Progmeister,
Listen, sport, my comments had nothing to do with a critique of accounting. Rather, they were stating a simple fact. If elected, Senator Obama plans to increase the capital gains tax on private home sales.
Barack doesn’t oppose the exemption?
Is that what you think? Is this view backed by any kind of evidence? If you really believe that Barack won’t take away the exemption, then, in my opinion, you need to take a closer look.
Getting back to the crack you made about, “Learning a touch of accounting”, I, good fellow, in all seriousness, suggest that you also sign up for an academic course; a basic course in high school grammar.
Rather than critique all your errors, from split infinitives to comma splices, to your annoying misuse of ellipses, permit me, for grammatical correctness, to examine your opening sentence. It’s the opening sentence in your message to “Bill G.
You write, ” Needless to day there is some truth in your comments, but who’s kidding who here”?
If you take the course I’m suggesting, you’ll learn that the phrase, “Needless to day” should get a comma.
What’s more, the correct way to say, “who’s kidding who” is to put your second “who” in the objective case. Thus, it becomes “whom.” Note, I’m simply ignoring your typo. Proofreading, I venture to say, is a lost art.
The reason I cite these writing mistakes: Sloppy writing leads to sloppy thinking.
Although I do admit that I fail to detect any sloppiness in your logic, better to be on the safe side, and not let some wiseass college girl give you a lesson in any of the three “R’s.”
One more thing, when I said, “Obama Nation” was on the N.Y. Times best seller list, I must have been dreaming. Because, you’re right. It’s not even close. Kind sir, I stand corrected.
Finally, I wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of trying to respond to your message if it wasn’t so nasty. When I showed it to my boyfriend, he laughed at me. Fact is, you hurt my feelings. I hate when that happens.
