Info. on Open Office

[Greg Truby]

Brilliant post, Lewiy! I assume on Infinitive Archery points are deducted if one accidentally splits the infinitive.

 

[cornflakegirl]

Schwing! I believe this is yours!

(Removes donkeyboy from friends list.)

My husband did offer to make a girl out of cornflakes and take a photo of it, so I could have an avatar. But we don't have any cornflakes at the moment.

 

[cornflakegirl]

roffle Greg!

 

[Oaktree]

I assume on Infinitive Archery points are deducted if one accidentally splits the infinitive.

Only if you're competing in Latin.

From http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx

The logic behind the 19th-century rule about not splitting infinitives rests on comparing English to Latin, because in Latin there is no two-word form of the infinitive. They don't have to deal with full verbs versus bare verbs. Therefore, it's impossible to split infinitives in Latin. For some reason, many grammarians in the 19th century got the notion that because it is impossible to split infinitives in Latin, it shouldn't be done in English either.



But notions change over time, and today almost everyone agrees that it is OK to split infinitives, especially when you would have to change the meaning of the sentence or go through writing gymnastics to avoid the split. English isn't Latin after all.

 

[Lewiy]

Brilliant post, Lewiy! I assume on Infinitive Archery points are deducted if one accidentally splits the infinitive.

If you split an infinitive it’s instant disqualification and you’ll be asked “to quietly leave” the arena.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>

 

[cornflakegirl]

almost everyone agrees

Everyone except my husband. He doesn't like sentences that end with prepositions either. He came to grammar late in life, and appears to be making up for lost time...

 

[Stormseed]

If you split an infinitive it’s instant disqualification and you’ll be asked “to quietly leave” the arena.<o></o>

@cummingsea

Dude...your thread has become an "ARENA" lately

 

[lenze]

Forgive me for going back to topic, but I've had a chance to play with OO the last 2 days. IMHO, it's a piece of garbage. I would never consider it on my machine. If I want something like that, I can go to Wal-MArt and get it for $20.00

lenze

 

[cummingsea]

Thanks to those who stayed on the subject, and for those who did not thanks anyway.

 

[shades]

Alas, I no longer use Excel, and really no need in my current position. As an avid Mac user (Macbook Pro 15" laptop), I try to find native Mac applications and am basically MS-free. I have not loaded Boot Camp to use Windows and Office 2003/2007, although the system can easily handle it. I still use MS Office 2004 on my older Mac desktop.

OpenOffice 3.0 Beta now works natively on OS X 10.5 (i.e. no need for X11). So far, it works for all my needs (primarily .doc files sent from Windows and Mac users of MS Office). Overall in my work I find it faster than MS Office 2004. I also use the Java port of OpenOffice to Mac OS X called NeoOffice, which is quite mature and very stable.

Rich