P*rl in Latin, whither Python?

[Mikael Olofsson]

On 14-Nov-00 Steve Lamb wrote:
 >  On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 04:11:13 GMT, Steve Williams <sandj.williams at gte.net>
 >  wrote:
 > >Andrew Kuchling wrote:
 >  
 > >> With me it's which/that; no one has ever explained the precise rules
 > >> between them, yet I'm always  .  "Python, that has been developed since
 > >> 1989, is a ..."  vs. "Python, which has been...".
 >  
 > >To paraphrase Rudolph Fleisch:  "Removing 'which' and 'that' will improve
 > >any
 > >English sentence."
 >  
 > >Python, under development since 1989, is a . . .
 >  
 >  Luke: Uncle Owen.  What about one?
 >  
 >      Well, almost any English sentence.  :)

Maybe you all should check out the "Majority English dibuls" at

  http://www.bentarz.se/me/

Every week they produce a dibul (=digital bulletin) about English for 
non-native speakers, which (that?) you can subscribe to via email. I 
find these (those?) dibuls both amusing and educational.

/Mikael

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