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Re: [Rails-devel] 1856 SR escrow reporting
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From: brett l. <wak...@gm...> - 2010-01-16 02:21:27
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AH! Yeah, that's clearly a bug. I suspect the $325 is probably the total currently in escrow, not the value that was added. ---Brett. On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Chris Shaffer <chr...@gm...> wrote: > But the price was 65, not 325. > > -- > Chris Shaffer > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > On Jan 15, 2010, at 5:05 PM, brett lentz <wak...@gm...> wrote: > >> I'm in agreement with Erik on this one, and a native speaker of the >> language. ;-) >> >> There's no functional difference between the sentences. I don't see >> where they might make someone think the money was paid to anybody >> other than the escrow holdings for LPS. Both sentences presume that >> the reader knows what "held in escrow" means. So, I don't see why you >> describe our version as misleading. >> >> The only real grammatical errors are the missing comma before the >> 'which' clause and the lack of a period at the end of the sentence. >> See also: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/parens.asp and >> http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/Uses-of-Parentheses.topicArticleId-29011,articleId-28994.html >> >> If you don't care for the parentheses, these options would also be >> another way to state it: >> >> "The price of $325 is paid to the Bank, which holds it in escrow for >> LPS." >> "The price, $325, is paid to the Bank, which holds it in escrow for >> LPS." >> >> ---Brett. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Erik Vos <eri...@xs...> wrote: >>> I frankly don't see any substantial difference between these two >>> formulations. >>> Now English isn't my mother language, so I'm open to be corrected... >>> >>> Erik. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Aliza Panitz [mailto:ali...@gm...] >>> Sent: Friday 15 January 2010 22:22 >>> To: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game >>> Subject: [Rails-devel] 1856 SR escrow reporting >>> >>> A nitpick from the SR report window: >>> >>> Joshua buys a 10% share of LPS from IPO for $65. >>> The price ($325) is paid to the Bank which holds it in escrow for LPS >>> >>> This is misleading, and can confuse newer players. How about: >>> >>> The price is paid to the Bank which now holds $325 in escrow for LPS >>> >> >> --- >> --- >> --- >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts >> the >> world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for >> Conference >> attendees to learn about information security's most important >> issues through >> interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established >> companies. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails-devel mailing list >> Rai...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the > world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference > attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through > interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Rails-devel mailing list > Rai...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel > |
