From: The Reid on
Following up to barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk

>In the case of 'French', yes (though of course it's understandable from
>the context). You would need to say 'every French person' or 'every
>Frenchman and Frenchwoman' (note the compound words).

or refer to (all of) "the French"
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From: barney2 on
In article <t9ghc2dg98711peq6t7vmo09iq9cj6ggf2(a)4ax.com>, me(a)privacy.net
(Martin) wrote:

> *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net>
> *Date:* Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:37:18 +0200
>
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 08:27:32 -0500, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
>
> >In article <4aehc21350vrkgsg50ru5eagfjvlvl10jr(a)4ax.com>,
> me(a)privacy.net >(Martin) wrote:
> >
> >> *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net>
> >> *Date:* Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:04:11 +0200
> >>
> >> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:39:24 +0200, Stanislas de Kertanguy
> >> <stanislas.dekertanguy(a)lesptt.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Martin a expos le 27/07/2006 :
> >> >>>> Do you read Le Canard Enchan ?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Rarely, since it's not online.
> >> >>
> >> >> No of course it isn't
> >> >>
> >> >> http://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/une4474.html
> >> >
> >> >You don't get more than the first page on their website, though.
> >>
> >> How many copies would they sell if it was all there?
> >>
> >> Which commercial newspaper puts all it's content on the web?
> >
> >Many - in fact most - put far, far more than a page.
>
>
> A page is online or not?

Yes...
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on
Martin a prsent l'nonc suivant :
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:39:24 +0200, Stanislas de Kertanguy
> <stanislas.dekertanguy(a)lesptt.net> wrote:
>
>> Martin a expos le 27/07/2006 :
>>>>> Do you read Le Canard Enchan ?
>>>>
>>>> Rarely, since it's not online.
>>>
>>> No of course it isn't
>>>
>>> http://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/une4474.html
>>
>> You don't get more than the first page on their website, though.
>
> How many copies would they sell if it was all there?

Well, obviously, way less than they do now. And I like my Wednesday
morning reading of le Canard in the subway !

> Which commercial newspaper puts all it's content on the web?

Libration and le Figaro put a very high part of their content (but fr
a short stretch of time). Le Monde has a paying website.

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From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on
Le 27/07/2006, barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk a suppos :
>>>> http://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/une4474.html
>>>
>>> You don't get more than the first page on their website, though.
>>
>> How many copies would they sell if it was all there?
>>
>> Which commercial newspaper puts all it's content on the web?
>
> Many - in fact most - put far, far more than a page.

Le Canard Enchan has only 8 pages, and is totally ad-free. It's a
choice, but it does have drawbacks : they rely entirely on their (true)
readers.

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From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on
Mxsmanic vient de nous annoncer :
> Martin writes:
>
>> In what way?
>
> Many ways. Antivirus products install many of the same hooks and
> hacks into the system that viruses do, often with similarly
> destabilizing results.

Is that true for all antivirus software and all operating systems ?

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