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BillyMac

Sat Jun 26, 2021 11:01am

Go Figure ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stillblind (Post 1043680)

They actually use the word ALIVE in their casebook? Not surprised at all!! What a bunch of clowns. The word is LIVE … the ball never is and never will be ALIVE!

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Originally Posted by Raymond (Post 1043686)

I don't know why that makes it silly.

I believe that it's silly (just silly, not the end of the world, see Stillblind quote above) to call an inanimate object (a ball) "alive", but somehow I don't find it silly to call such an inanimate object "live".

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Robert Goodman

Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:11am

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Originally Posted by Jay R (Post 1043683)

Actually the NBA uses the terms live and alive. On a free throw, the ball is live when at the disposal of the FT shooter and it becomes alive when the FT is released.

Note to technical writers: Don't follow NBA's example by having a difference in technical terms depend on the presence or absence of a single vowel, especially if you ever expect oral communication to be used by those making use of them.

BillyMac

Sun Jun 27, 2021 01:09pm

Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (Fred Astaire And Ginger Rogers, 1937) ...

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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman (Post 1043691)

Especially a single vowel that is also a commonly used article.

A live ...

Alive ...

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