Re: grammar and spelling - OT

["Richard G. Ball" <richard_ball@merck.com>]

On Jan 21,  8:49am, CDTobie@aol.com wrote:
> What clinches this as a spelling issue is that when you add an ending to
> "mat"  such as "matted" or "matting" it gets two "t"s... to avoid becoming
> "mated" or "mating" which clearly have different meanings... so there is no
> distinction between having "matted" an image with "mat" board, or having
> "matted" it with "matte" spray...

No problem or confusion would exist if people would resist falling into the
pit of iniquity labelled "making a verb out of an adjective".

:-)

>
> Doesn't it just make you mat as Hell...  or is that matte as Hell?

It's only my sense of humour which prevents my AR side from postalizing :-)

Rich

PS I lurk here a lot and I want to thank everyone for a whole bunch of very
useful information. I have improved my prints from my 1200 to the point where
they are quite acceptable and I have learned that refilling cartridges for
the 1200 is not something to do until I *have* to.  :-)
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