3.290 sources of stories? grammar checkers? (67)
Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@VM.EPAS.UTORONTO.CA)
Wed, 26 Jul 89 19:38:36 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 290. Wednesday, 26 Jul 1989.
(1) Date: TUE 25 JUL 1989 09:18:00 CDT (15 lines)
From: Jim McSwain <F0A8@USOUTHAL>
Subject: 4th c. story
(2) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 89 14:12:34 CDT (13 lines)
From: Natalie Maynor <MAYNOR@MSSTATE>
Subject: Query
(3) Date: Wed, 26 Jul 89 15:10 EST (13 lines)
From: EVENS@UTORPHYS
Subject: Grammar checkers
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Date: TUE 25 JUL 1989 09:18:00 CDT
From: Jim McSwain <F0A8@USOUTHAL>
Subject: 4th c. story
A friend from graduate school related this story to me hoping to find
the source of it. As it goes a Roman army commander in the early 4th
c. on a campaign in the east left his men in northern Syria to visit
Antioch. There he met a longtime acquaintance who had become a
Christian. He asked his longtime friend who or what the Nazarite
"carpenter" was doing: the friend replied that the Nazarite carpenter
(refering to Jesus) was building an army to destroy Rome. Later this
same army commander who had visited Antioch and had met his longtime
friend lay dying. His last words were: "I think the Nazarite is
winning." If anyone knows the source of this story, I would appreciate
hearing from them at J.McSwain f0a8@usouthal. THANKS!
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 89 14:12:34 CDT
From: Natalie Maynor <MAYNOR@MSSTATE>
Subject: Query
A colleague here is trying to remember what famous writer or artist
wrote a letter offering his July birthday to a little girl who was
unhappy about having a Christmas birthday. (I'm sending this to
HUMANIST mainly as a way of demonstrating the glories of the
electronic world to some non-users here. I haughtily said, "I can
get the answer to your question on my computer within the next few
days." So I'm counting on you HUMANISTs to come through!) Thanks.
Natalie Maynor
(maynor@msstate.bitnet)
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 89 15:10 EST
From: EVENS@UTORPHYS
Subject: Grammar checkers
How would a grammar checker (your favourite variety)
handle a name such as 't Hooft? (Pronounced something
like 'tooft') The 't has to be spaced from the rest,
and the upper/lower case has to be as shown. How will
it tell this from somthing like "he said 'no'" or
"he said he 'can't' go" or such? Will it think this is
a messed up end of a sentence and that the 't belongs
to a contracted word? Just what will it do?
dan evens <evens@utorphys>