[TriLUG] OT - was: Financial Tracking Software
Ken Mink
ken.mink at gmail.com
Tue May 31 16:21:37 EDT 2005
On 5/31/05, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
> Bit o' hair-splitting.. But in good humor. Honest!
I was aiming for 'prescribed', as in 'They told me do it that way'.
I'm a horrible speller and a worst typist, so I never take offense to
my errors being pointed out. If I did, I'd be mad at everyone.
Ken
>
> "proscribed" = prohibited.
> "prescribed" = called for.
>
> > That was the proscribed method.
>
> I'm guessing, from the context (which I have conveniently removed in
> order to obfuscate my position), the word he meant to use was "prescribed"..
>
> ~B, who really is so bored he must resort to catching one-letter
> spelling errors...
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