From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2007-10-17T20:14:06+09:00 Subject: Re: A Ruby/Rails bibliography On 10/16/07, Chris Carter wrote: > On 10/16/07, Alex Young wrote: > > Jeremy McAnally wrote: > > > *sigh* Grammar nazi! That'll teach me to learn Latin, eh? :) > > > > > > Thanks for the suggestion; I think you're probably right about Ruby by > > > Example. It's a good book for guys who don't care about the minutia > > > of conditionals > > Minutiae, surely? :D > > I'm thinking minutias here. Accusative plural. But it's been a while In Boston, with it's plentitude of colleges and universities, it's not uncommon for grad students to moonlight. Joe was a Harvard classics scholar who worked part time as a cab driver. He once picked up a far at Logan Airport, a businessman from the mid-west, travelling alone, on his first trip to Boston. Looking forward to some good New England food, he eagerly asked Joe: "By the way, where the best place in the area to get scrod?" Joe, pondered this for a few seconds and then said: "You know, that's the FIRST time anyone has ever asked me that in the pluperfect subjunctive!" -- Rick DeNatale My blog on Ruby http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/