In article <940523155841.19728 at UABCVSR.cvsr.uab.edu> txpljfg at UABCVSR.CVSR.UAB.EDU writes:
>This post sounds like a flame to me. Not every question posted to the
>net must be of stupendous import, especially for a newsgroup as quiet
>as this one. Give the guy a break.
>>James F. George, Ph.D. "Back off man, I'm a scientist"
>txpljfg at uabcvsr.cvsr.uab.edu
A quiet newsgroup shouldn't really take offense at the occasional flame.
I tend to agree with the flame-thrower though. What's next, a discussion
on the correct use of "data?" Why do people say "the data is" or "the
data shows?" They should say "the data are" or "the data show."
These discussions *and* Andy Rooney, tonight on bionet.immunology.
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