Gozu Thanks for the post. now that you have stopped by, no harm, no foul, and I hope we can go on from here.
I hope that that Sanyo that Nametag found works out for you.
::: rereads post, realizes that it does not meet pit standards, so Rick starts typing again:::
Damn, shit, fuck moo, goat fletching, moo fuck!
There, now it meets pit standards.
If I was the emperor of the world, I would have a team of my best audio technicians build the perfect sound system for my Hovering Fortress of Doom. Then I would have them all killed to insure no one had a system that rivaled mine.
Sometimes, I wonder if we’re reading the same thread. I don’t see him either using it wrongly or denying that there’s a difference between “infer” and “imply.” Honestly, this is one message board where I think everybody knows the difference between those two words.
I already apologized for the left side of your “or”. As for the right side, he cited a dubious usage note that trivializes the difference, saying that “the claimed distinction has probably existed chiefly in the pronouncements of usage guides” and that infer has been used to mean imply “since the 16th century by speakers and writers of unquestioned ability and eminence”. And then he thanked me for playing which, as we all know, is a dismissive taunt universally signifying disagreement. I supplied two contrary usage notes, one from his own source and one from a university. I’ve seen no admission from him of his error, let alone any gratitude for being set right.
Well, I (and others) thought it was pretty clear from the OP that the add-on unit wasn’t going to be acceptable, but even granting you that possible ambiguity, his response to you clarified: no, I don’t want what you suggested because it’s an add-on unit and requires extra installation. You then proceeded to respond like a complete asshole: what’s the big deal? just drop that requirement that you just stated, do the extra installation, and quit your crying!
Your response not only ignored the originally implied requirement, but it also ignored and went so far as to reject the clarified requirement, and was condescending on top of it all. You’re playing the martyr over here like he attacked you (was the word “deficient” hard on your self-esteem or what?) when all he did was clarify his requirements in his second post.
But you did get the infer/imply usage correct, which is more than most people can say. Congratulations.
Kissed and made up? I wasn’t even here! I can’t go away for three days and have a pit thread half- (ok, maybe quarter-) dedicated to me and not respond. so … eat my shorts. or moo, or whatever.