"HarryK" wrote in message
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Wilbur, whoever you are and whatever you do, you are not qualified to
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You should have typed 'whomever'

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoever.asp


argue semantics with me. Really. I have a fancy graduate degree in
etymology, and have been a practicing editor and writer for decades.
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Oh, is that so? So please tell me, Harry, why the unnecessary comma?


I know words and how they are used. Most people with sailboats, whether
they cruise as you describe it or race or just putter around do it for
"fun."

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Why, Harry, did you fail to place a comma where one was needed? Some editor!

It can be a sport, which is one of the definitions for fun.

The fact that boating needs to be taken seriously does not minimize its
"fun" value.


Wrong again, Harry! Taking any pursuit seriously necessarily diminishes its
fun value as serious is the opposite of fun.


Wilbur Hubbard
Ph. D. Journalism