Shiny app for Spatial Econometric classes
Estimado Raphael:
I don't know any Portuguese either, and I'm very grateful that you've
made the effort to ask this group in a language not your own.
In primary school, I learned that constructions like, "Me and
Professor ..." too often sounded like, "Mean Professor ...".
Un fuerte abrazo ("A big hug", as a Uruguayan man whom I had not
previously met ended a letter inviting me to talk at a conference).
Spencer Graves
On 7/8/21 5:32 AM, Raphael Saldanha wrote:
No offense taken. Thanks for the remark and opportunity to learn. Cheers, Raphael
Em 7 de jul. de 2021, ?(s) 23:20, Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> escreveu: ?
On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 18:09:50 -0300 Raphael Saldanha <rfsaldanha at gmail.com> wrote: Hello all! Me and Professor Eduardo Almeida (UFJF, Brazil) are creating an R Shiny app for Spatial Econometric classes.
<SNIP> I hope that you won't find this comment offensive, but I could not resist sending it to you, since I am rather fanatical (pedantic?) about correct English usage. The expression "Me and Professor Eduardo Almeida" is both (a) bad grammar and (b) bad form. (a) Instead of the pronoun "Me" (accusative or objective case) you should use "I" (nominative or subjective case), since this expression is the subject of the sentence. (b) It is "bad form" (it sounds vaguely self-promoting) to put a first person pronoun before the names of others to which it is linked. You should say "Professor Eduardo Almeida and I are creating ....". I realise that English is surely a second language for you, and your English is infinitely better than my non-existent Portuguese. Your English is actually quite good, probably better than that of many native English speakers. Nevertheless the expression that you use is not correct and you should strive to avoid such usage. Again let me express the hope that you won't take offence at this comment. cheers, Rolf Turner -- Honorary Research Fellow Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
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