[R-sig-Geo] Shiny app for Spatial Econometric classes

[Raphael Saldanha]

No offense taken. Thanks for the remark and opportunity to learn.


Cheers,

Raphael 

> Em 7 de jul. de 2021, à(s) 23:20, Rolf Turner <r.turner using auckland.ac.nz> escreveu:
> 
> 
>> On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 18:09:50 -0300
>> Raphael Saldanha <rfsaldanha using 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
> 
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> University of Auckland
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