SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Achilles who wrote (3571)2/14/2000 2:31:00 PM
From: jbe  Read Replies (2) of 4710
 
Achilles, how nice to see you back! Hope it is for longer than the few seconds it took you to post that response.

Don't quite agree with you about the substitution of "can" for "may," however. The "can" implies that it is perfectly possible for an individual with offensive views to make a good officer in the Anti-Redundancy Squad. But what the author of the sentence under review was trying to say (and here I will have to be redundant), was: "It just MIGHT be possible, although it is not LIKELY, that an individual with offensive views could make a good officer..."

Actually, I will vote for "might" in place of "may."

As for "offensive views," the question of course is -- offensive to
whom? HOwever, the same objection applies to "inappropriately offensive" -- inappropriate in whose opinion? So, I vote that "inappropriate" is inappropriate here.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News