__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 15 December 2006 09:30 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Xensource squeaks of world domination
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| "We will scorch the earth with the pricing", boasted Peter Levine,
>>| Xensource's top dog, during a surprise visit to a gathering of
>>| partners and users in the Netherlands late last week.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36356
>>
>> Free and Open Source virtualisation (dual licencing). Only a fool will let
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> licensing
>> Apache/Linux rely on the security and stability of Windows, so this looks
>> good for Linux.
>
> Not a dig at Roy, who is, I know, in a hurry, but this area is a common
> source of errors, particularly because the fool Webster who tried to
> respell english made a total hash of it, so non-native learners and
> speakers find this area especially confusing, as well as yanks who've
> been taught Webster rather than standard spelling. So here is a quick
> reminder to help avoid the confusion of 'c' and 's' in nouns & verbs.
>
> Memory aid:
> noun is alphabetically before verb, just as 'c' is before 's'
>
> which makes this easy to remember, so some common examples:
>
> noun verb 1st,3rd Infinitive and gerund,pres-part
> ------ ------------ -------------------------------
> advice advise to advise, advising
> defence defense to defend, defending
> licence license to license, licensing
> practice practise to practise, practising
> offence offense to offend, offending
>
> Obviously, English is a little confusing in its use of gerunds, where
> the present participle, the "-ing" form of a verb, can be used as a
> noun. For example:
>
> Licensing is good for the soul, so long as the licence is GPL
> compatible!
>
> So, the /only/ time you should see an 's' in a noun form of these words
> is when it's a gerund, the rest of the time, it should be a 'c'.
> Conversly, you should never see a 'c' with an -ing form, as this is
> either gerund or just a straight present participle for the progressive
> english tenses (am going and are going when used for 'go', where eg.,
> French would use vais/va, German gehe/geht, Italian vado/va,
> Spanish voy a/va a).
>
> Sorry it's a bit off-topic, but I know we have a lot of non-native
> readers here, and I know this area is confusing, particularly with
> US/Webster spelling, which just makes it worse.
One-character typo, one long speech. *smile*
I actually knew that licensing (as in the verb) comes with as 's', but I just
tend to write things quickly, so it was overlooked. This was a good lesson
nonetheless.
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