[!CrackMonkey!] as if microsoft were not bad enough

[Don Marti]

begin Joakim Ziegler quotation of Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:25:31PM -0600:
> But some of the examples on that site are pretty hokey.
> 
> For instance:
> 
> 3A. John is lethargic and unhappy.
> 3B. John appears lethargic and unhappy in the office.
>  
> 4A. John is bright and cheerful.
> 4B. John appears bright and cheerful on holiday at the beach.
> 
> Is not an illustration of how "appears" is superior to "is", but rather
> that more context and qualification makes your statements more precise.
> Hardly very surprising.

John is crying on the _inside_.

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