Re: Lisp, the secret weapon.

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From: kragen@pobox.com
Date: Fri May 11 2001 - 23:49:06 PDT


Rodent of Unusual Size <Ken.Coar@Golux.Com> writes:
> > Has anyone else been annoyed by the complete lack of proper
> > adverbs in American English for the last few years?
>
> Indeed! Apple's 'Think Different' campaign makes me twitch
> violentLY, and it was even difficult to type just then.

"Different" is what you're supposed to think --- it should be quoted
as "Think 'different'", but isn't. The quoted "different" is the
direct object of "think". It's not intended as an adverb.


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