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

[Spencer Graves]

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, 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
>>
>> -- 
>> Honorary Research Fellow
>> Department of Statistics
>> University of Auckland
>> Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
>>
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