At some point when we've all purged this from memory, I shall look it up
and see what I was talking about. <g>
And thank you for surmising a sense of elegance. Hehe.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 4:32 PM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So, Bob, I’m not wrong, but my expression jars with your sense of
> elegance? ;-)
>
> Chris
>
> > On 19 Sep 16, at 18:40, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > By the way, not to miss an opportunity to be pedantic, particularly with
> > the Chief Constable of the Olympus List Language Constabulary, I suggest
> > "I'll try _to_ find a 777 pilot _to_ ask" rather than "... try and find
> > ..." Although the second 'and' is not incorrect as you will try to find
> > someone and ask him/her. Two distinct operations, Someone to ask, though,
> > has a cleaner sound to it. ;-)
>
>
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