[OFB Cafe] Bio Fuels

[Derek Broughton]

On July 22, 2008 00:05:07 Timothy Butler wrote:
> >> | Iraq had a leader that was not friendly to US oil interests.
> >>
> >> to what u.s. interests *was* he friendly?
> >
> > You have an interesting habit of reading more into a sentence than
> > is there.
> > If it helps, put a hyphen between US and oil, but you really should
> > try a remedial English class.
>
> 	That remark ought to go over very well with the best known published
> writer on this list...

Which only suggests what I suspected in the first place - that he knows 
perfectly well what Chris said, but chose to misinterpret it even though it's 
grammatically clear.  Besides which, you shouldn't have to have perfect 
grammar to be a writer - there are supposed to be editors for that.
-- 
derek