>And when I've had a few too many beers late at night, this becomes a real
>problem! Sorry, I started the last sentence with the indefinite article...
No, you started the sentence with a coordinate conjunction. 'A' and 'an' are
indefinite articles. See http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000313.htm
Seriously though, on the subject of list content, I too am in favour of
keeping things informal and even anecdotal but I get fed up wasting my time
opening emails sent to the list which only have meaning to one individual,
such as the recent:
>Charlie the last I heard on the list was your impending merge with Formby.
>How >has it gone
and:
>Rob, all I can say is remember the maxi !
and:
>Have a nice time Mike Best wishes
If I could humbly request people send such messages directly to the people
concerned then the rest of us will be spared the chore of reading and
deleting them.
Cheers
Cliff Reid
Portsmouth
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