From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2009-08-18T06:16:32+09:00
Subject: Re: start_with?  Does someone need a grammar lesson?

Dominik Honnef wrote:
> 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> 
>> if mystring.start_with?("bad grammar")
>>
>> I'm hesitant to use start_with?() in my code.  It makes me look
>> uneducated. :(
> 
> mystring.start_with? (or include? or respond_to? and so on) are best
> liked when read and understood as a question:
> 
> do you [mystring] start with "bad grammar"?

Or

does mystring start with "bad grammar"?

maybe we should lobby to replace "if" with "does" :P

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