New ereader advise

[GA Russell]

Originally Posted by barryem

I watched a documentary series about the history of the English Language a few years ago from the BBC, "The Adventure of the English Language" by Melvyn Bragg in which he explained that in the past 500 years the place where English has changed the least is in the southern USA. Given that it might be said that our spelling and pronunciation is more correct than anyone else's.

Of course he also mentioned that the majority of English speakers in the world today live in India so if we took a vote I guess it would be the way they spell and pronounce.

My spelling has always been terrible but I'm just narcissistic enough to think I'm always right so those of you who spell correctly might want change your ways.

Barry

The eBook of Bragg's "Adventure" was on sale not long ago. I'm halfway through it, and I've learned a great deal! Recommended!

https://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Eng...dp/B06XQ823N3/

[DNSB]

Just to toss in my nickel's worth.

<start grammar rant>
Advise is a verb. I would advise you that that course of action is not going to give the desired result.

Advice is a noun. My advice to you is that you find a better dictionary.

So I advise the original suggestion about the title of this thread was correct. The OP is looking for advice though we can advise him.
<end grammar rant>

As for the original question, my opinion is that purchasing a Kindle and then removing DRM from library books to format change them is not acceptable behaviour.

Your moral compass may vary.

Edit: As I was just told in a PM, I'm being a hypocrite. I don't think that being willing to remove DRM from books to which I can claim ownership (liscensee-ship?) but not being willing to remove DRM from a borrowed book is hypocritical. Simply put, one is mine, the other isn't.

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." --James D. Nicoll

[shalym]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Just to toss in my nickel's worth.

<start grammar rant>
Advise is a verb. I would advise you that that course of action is not going to give the desired result.

Advice is a noun. My advice to you is that you find a better dictionary.

So I advise the original suggestion about the title of this thread was correct. The OP is looking for advice though we can advise him.
<end grammar rant>

As for the original question, my opinion is that purchasing a Kindle and then removing DRM from library books to format change them is not acceptable behaviour.

Your moral compass may vary.

Edit: As I was just told in a PM, I'm being a hypocrite. I don't think that being willing to remove DRM from books to which I can claim ownership (liscensee-ship?) but not being willing to remove DRM from a borrowed book is hypocritical. Simply put, one is mine, the other isn't.

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." --James D. Nicoll

As to the library book question, I don't believe that it's a problem to remove DRM from the book as long as you delete it from your reader as soon as you finish it.

If you are like Harry, and don't believe that people will ever delete the book after reading, then I'm happy to have to tell you that you are wrong, and there really are good and honest people in the world. I hope that someday you meet some of them.

Shari

[darryl]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Just to toss in my nickel's worth.

As for the original question, my opinion is that purchasing a Kindle and then removing DRM from library books to format change them is not acceptable behaviour.

Your moral compass may vary.

Edit: As I was just told in a PM, I'm being a hypocrite. I don't think that being willing to remove DRM from books to which I can claim ownership (liscensee-ship?) but not being willing to remove DRM from a borrowed book is hypocritical. Simply put, one is mine, the other isn't.

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." --James D. Nicoll

I certainly don't think you are being a hypocrite. We don't agree on the morality side of removing drm from library books in certain circumstances, but that does not itself make either you or I a hypocrite. Nor does the fact that we both agree removing DRM from our purchased ebooks is acceptable.

As for the English language, it should and does largely look after itself, and that will not change. It is a vibrant, dynamic living thing. However, that doesn't mean that we should not discuss instances such as this. It is desirable for the sake of clarity if nothing else to use the correct form of a word. But it is neither compulsory nor protected from any change.

One of the things that I initially found irritating but now accept is the use of the word "not" as a whole sentence to negative the previous statement or statements. As in "I find all politicians scrupulously honest. Not!" Initially used by younger people I found it quite jarring. I think it is now quite common, and on reflection this is not a bad thing. I finally used it myself for the first time yesterday!

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Just to toss in my nickel's worth.

<start grammar rant>
Advise is a verb. I would advise you that that course of action is not going to give the desired result.

Advice is a noun. My advice to you is that you find a better dictionary.

So I advise the original suggestion about the title of this thread was correct. The OP is looking for advice though we can advise him.
<end grammar rant>

As for the original question, my opinion is that purchasing a Kindle and then removing DRM from library books to format change them is not acceptable behaviour.

Your moral compass may vary.

Edit: As I was just told in a PM, I'm being a hypocrite. I don't think that being willing to remove DRM from books to which I can claim ownership (liscensee-ship?) but not being willing to remove DRM from a borrowed book is hypocritical. Simply put, one is mine, the other isn't.

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." --James D. Nicoll

What is a cribhouse?

[AnotherCat]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Just to toss in my nickel's worth.

<start grammar rant>
Advise is a verb. I would advise you that that course of action is not going to give the desired result.

Advice is a noun. My advice to you is that you find a better dictionary.

So I advise the original suggestion about the title of this thread was correct. The OP is looking for advice though we can advise him.
<end grammar rant>

Of course it may have been that the OP just left a comma out by mistake i.e. the thread title was actually New ereader, advise. In which case the use of advise is correct.

In fact, as I am not a grammar policeman, my being more interested in linguistics, that is what I had assumed was intended.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by AnotherCat

Of course it may have been that the OP just left a comma out by mistake i.e. the thread title was actually New ereader, advise. In which case the use of advise is correct.

In fact, as I am not a grammar policeman, my being more interested in linguistics, that is what I had assumed was intended.

I was thinking new ereader advise please.

[AnotherCat]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I was thinking new ereader advise please.

Yes, I were a-thinking 'long simila' lines an' didn'a automatically look for'm to have done messed up.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by shalym

As to the library book question, I don't believe that it's a problem to remove DRM from the book as long as you delete it from your reader as soon as you finish it.

If you are like Harry, and don't believe that people will ever delete the book after reading, then I'm happy to have to tell you that you are wrong, and there really are good and honest people in the world. I hope that someday you meet some of them.

Shari

I'lll have to dig out Uncle Diogenes old lantern and see if it still works.

I like to believe that I would start out with the best of intentions but as Oscar Wilde phrased it, I can resist anything except temptation so I suspect I would start finding justifications for not deleting a book right now. So much easier not to head down the road of good intentions.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

What is a cribhouse?

An old word for a brothel, usually a low class brothel (see nunnery). Some small-minded people have complained that my vocabulary is a century or more out of date.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by DNSB

An old word for a brothel, usually a low class brothel (see nunnery). Some small-minded people have complained that my vocabulary is a century or more out of date.

And brothel is such a new word.
It's ok on your vocabulary. My hair would have been in fashion at Woodstock.

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

And brothel is such a new word.
It's ok on your vocabulary. My hair would have been in fashion at Woodstock.

It is not the age of the word that matters. It is the age when it became a word that could be used in polite society.

Dale