I will go with your version. I am V E R Y old school. It shows up in my writing with things such as, Do you not find it interesting? Not a direct assailment; however, I am incapable of using a contraction in writing. I literally was forced to tell one of my tutoring students, "because I say so". He kept arguing about the fact he can use contractions in conversations and found no reason he could not in writing. Point of laughter is, our cohort Slatten once sent a message to me using as many possible contractions as he could find. Suffice to say, he rrrrreeeeeggggggrrrrrreeeeettttttteeeeddddd his behavior. :mrgreen: :shock: :-o

I will go with your version. I am V E R Y old school. It shows up in my writing with things such as, Do you not find it interesting? Not a direct assailment; however, I am incapable of using a contraction in writing. I literally was forced to tell one of my tutoring students, "because I say so". He kept arguing about the fact he can use contractions in conversations and found no reason he could not in writing. Point of laughter is, our cohort Slatten once sent a message to me using as many possible contractions as he could find. Suffice to say, he rrrrreeeeeggggggrrrrrreeeeettttttteeeeddddd his behavior. :mrgreen: :shock: :-o

A thread in the main section used the word, "to," in its title where, "too," should have been used. As in, "too many." For some reason one poster took umbrage with it and the whole thread unraveled from the original subject and went into a whole diatribe on English usage. I'm thinking most of us do know the difference but we get caught up in the moment or get a little, 'fat fingered,' and leave typos more often than intentional goofs.

With that said, I do see, "then," and, "than,' used interchangeably a LOT! "Your," and, "you're," along with, "there," "they're," and, "their." I don't see, "two," used where, "to," or, "too," belong but I think I may actually be the last living American who knows the difference between, "affect," and, "effect."

My real pet peeve though is repetitive redundancies. "HIV v***s," "PIN number," "ATM machine," to list a few. I grit my teeth heavily over, "point in time," too. My all time favorite though has to be, "hot water heater." If the water is already hot, why do you need to heat it?

Soap box folded and put away. Thanks for listening.

In response to your implied question regarding "contractions," an extended hypothetical to the Big Bang Theory is that the universe(s) continue(s) infinitely in time by positing expansions (current state) and contractions (hypothetical) in alternating cycles.

Who knows?

The ancient Jewish mystics (Kabballah) described the Creator's process in the initial act of creation to be an act of contraction followed by expansion.

This kinda reminds me of the little guy who got a job as a janitor in the local drug store.
He was cleaning one night after closing, the phone rang.
He picked up the phone and said, “hello”; the voice on the end of the line said, “Do you have any asedasalistic acid (sp)? The little guy said, “hello.”
This questioning went on for three times, each time the little guy responded by saying, “hello.”

Finally on the last time the caller questioned the little guy, He said, “mister, when I told you hello, I told you everything I know.”


According to the mystics, in the beginning was only G*d. To create something that was not G*d he needed first to make a space for it or provide room for that which was to be not Him. He therefore emptied a space within himself by contracting his Infinite Light to create a conceptual place for the universe. Then in a great cosmic flash, He then condensed to a point of infinite density and infinite energy called "tzimtzum" and exploded out in all directions (i.e. a cosmic Big Bang.) In a sense the self-imposed contraction of the Infinite Light is a picture of God sacrificing himself for the sake of creation.

http://hebrew4christians.com/Articles/kabbalah/Creation/creation.html
I love how mythical musings and physical discoveries reflect different aspects of a common reality!

In response to your implied question regarding "contractions," an extended hypothetical to the Big Bang Theory is that the universe(s) continue(s) infinitely in time by positing expansions (current state) and contractions (hypothetical) in alternating cycles.

Who knows?

The ancient Jewish mystics (Kabballah) described the Creator's process in the initial act of creation to be an act of contraction followed by expansion.

According to the mystics, in the beginning was only G*d. To create something that was not G*d he needed first to make a space for it or provide room for that which was to be not Him. He therefore emptied a space within himself by contracting his Infinite Light to create a conceptual place for the universe. Then in a great cosmic flash, He then condensed to a point of infinite density and infinite energy called "tzimtzum" and exploded out in all directions (i.e. a cosmic Big Bang.) In a sense the self-imposed contraction of the Infinite Light is a picture of God sacrificing himself for the sake of creation.

http://hebrew4christians.com/Articles/kabbalah/Creation/creation.html
I love how mythical musings and physical discoveries reflect different aspects of a common reality!

This kinda reminds me of the little guy who got a job as a janitor in the local drug store.
He was cleaning one night after closing, the phone rang.
He picked up the phone and said, “hello”; the voice on the end of the line said, “Do you have any asedasalistic acid (sp)? The little guy said, “hello.”
This questioning went on for three times, each time the little guy responded by saying, “hello.”

Finally on the last time the caller questioned the little guy, He said, “mister, when I told you hello, I told you everything I know.”