From: The Reid on 27 Jul 2006 10:18 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" -- Mike Reid Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
From: barney2 on 27 Jul 2006 10:30 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 Enchan ? > >> >>> > >> >>> 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 27 Jul 2006 12:06 Martin a prsent 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 Enchan ? >>>> >>>> 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? Libration and le Figaro put a very high part of their content (but fr a short stretch of time). Le Monde has a paying website. -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 27 Jul 2006 12:08 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 Enchan 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. -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me
From: Stanislas de Kertanguy on 27 Jul 2006 12:09
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 ? -- remplacez "lesptt" par "laposte" pour me joindre substitute "laposte" for "lesptt" to reach me |