From: Rick DeNatale Date: 2009-08-17T21:35:15+09:00 Subject: Re: start_with? Does someone need a grammar lesson? On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 1:59 AM, 7stud -- wrote: > 7stud -- wrote: >> I'm hesitant to use start_with?() in my code.  It makes me look >> uneducated. :( > > Hmm...I guess start_with?'s  name is consistent with the naming > "convention" used by some other ruby methods, such as respond_to. Yep, I too found it a bit jarring when I first started using Ruby, but it has become one of those things you just accept, just like accepting that if you're speaking French must adjectives come after nouns. -- Rick DeNatale Blog: http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale WWR: http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale