Re: English stupid idioms

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*THANK* you.

-Robin

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 05:48:26AM -0400, D.H. Owens wrote:
> Oh heck, after reading all those (mostly English-as-a-Second-Language)putative grammarians, I am fed up enough to comment.
> 
> These two idioms in English are both correct.
> (1) You are too stupid to do the right thing.
> (2) You are so stupid as to do the wrong thing.
> 
> Therefore the webmaster R.L.P. could choose to write:
> (1) ... you were too stupid to check Google before asking a question
> or
> (2) ... you were so stupid as not to check Google before asking aquestion
> 
> The page uses the first form, and is correct.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
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