Re: [boost] Final Getting Started Guide
I missed this typo in http://www.boost-consulting.com/boost/more/getting_started/windows.html# the-boost-distribution: This is is a sketch of the directory structure you'll end up with: Should read: This is a sketch of the directory structure you'll end up with: Regards, Javier
Javier Estrada wrote:
I missed this typo in http://www.boost-consulting.com/boost/more/getting_started/windows.html# the-boost-distribution:
This is is a sketch of the directory structure you'll end up with:
Should read: This is a sketch of the directory structure you'll end up with:
Actually I believe the grammatically correct English is: "This is a sketch of the directory structure up with which you will end." but I think one can get away with this: "This is a sketch of the directory structure with which you will end up." I was humorously taught in school ( attributed to Winston Churchill ): "Putting a preposition at the end of a sentence is something up with which I will not put." but perhaps we can relax Churchill's dictum for the sake of Boost <g>.
(Excuse HTML, I'm using Outlook Web Access to get this in quickly.) Edward Diener wrote:
Actually I believe the grammatically correct English is:
"This is a sketch of the directory structure up with which you will end." Poor
but I think one can get away with this:
"This is a sketch of the directory structure with which you will end up." Better
I was humorously taught in school ( attributed to Winston Churchill ):
"Putting a preposition at the end of a sentence is something up with which I will not put."
but perhaps we can relax Churchill's dictum for the sake of Boost <g>.
You were taught the wrong way round. The original attributed to Churchill by Gowers was "This is the sort of English [rule] up with which I will not put." (Elegantly showing /why/ the rule is bad). However see http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html for a discussion of the quotation (Churchill's authorship seems to be an urban legend). (See also http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html <http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html> for a discussion of ending sentences with prepositions and other non-errors.) -- Martin Bonner Pi Technology, Milton Hall, Ely Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4 6WZ +44 1223 203894 ________________________________ From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org on behalf of Edward Diener Sent: Tue 02/01/2007 20:02 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Final Getting Started Guide Javier Estrada wrote:
I missed this typo in http://www.boost-consulting.com/boost/more/getting_started/windows.html# the-boost-distribution:
This is is a sketch of the directory structure you'll end up with:
Should read: This is a sketch of the directory structure you'll end up with:
Actually I believe the grammatically correct English is: "This is a sketch of the directory structure up with which you will end." but I think one can get away with this: "This is a sketch of the directory structure with which you will end up." I was humorously taught in school ( attributed to Winston Churchill ): "Putting a preposition at the end of a sentence is something up with which I will not put." but perhaps we can relax Churchill's dictum for the sake of Boost <g>. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
Edward Diener wrote:
Javier Estrada wrote:
I missed this typo in http://www.boost-consulting.com/boost/more/getting_started/windows.html# the-boost-distribution:
This is is a sketch of the directory structure you'll end up with:
Should read: This is a sketch of the directory structure you'll end up with:
Actually I believe the grammatically correct English is:
"This is a sketch of the directory structure up with which you will end."
but I think one can get away with this:
"This is a sketch of the directory structure with which you will end up."
I was humorously taught in school ( attributed to Winston Churchill ):
"Putting a preposition at the end of a sentence is something up with which I will not put."
but perhaps we can relax Churchill's dictum for the sake of Boost <g> Have a look at http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html for some interesting background on this. There seem to be quite a view variations on what he was supposed to have said.
-glenn
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