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Comments on: Report: Google, Microsoft, and two media companies bidding on Digg

Yet another rumor surfaces that the social news site is up for sale. If this one turns out to not be true, we might have to stop paying attention.

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For the love of the English language, proper grammar!
by iamreallypicky March 7, 2008 6:22 AM PST
For all news reports, I think it necessary that the King's English be
used. Please avoid split infinitives! "If this one turns out to not be
true," should read "If this one turns out not to be true".

Surely, Star Trek fans will use "to boldly go where no man has gone
before" as justification in a response...
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Grammar
by if62668 March 7, 2008 9:06 AM PST
"If this one turns out to not be true"
"If this one turns out not to be true"
"If this one turns out to be not true"

you know, they all carry the same meaning and there is no "rule" in English against splitting the infinitive if meaning isn't lost...in the apocryphal words of Churchill
"This is the kind of pedantic nonsense up with which I will not put!"
I hope MSFT gets them.
by Penguinisto March 7, 2008 9:03 AM PST
The look on the Digg community's collective face would be priceless.

(don't matter to me - I prefer Slashdot).

/P
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Go goog!!
by Cougar.pt March 7, 2008 11:49 AM PST
\o\
/o/
\o/ Go goog :P
something like digg should be worth at least a million trillion dollars
by bellgong March 8, 2008 1:38 AM PST
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