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Numai versus nu mai

Ambele sunt corecte, dar cu sensuri diferite și în contexte diferite. ”Nu mai”, în general urmat de un predicat, indică încetarea unei acțiuni, fie ea dorită sau petrecută. ”Numai”, în general precedat de un predicat, e sinonim cu “doar”. Bineînțeles că predicatul poate fi subînțeles generând excepții de la regula de bun-simț propusă mai sus.
În anumite situații, […]

Definately vs Definitely

Definitely.
It’s an adverb. It was formed by adding the suffix -ly to the adjective definite. Now if you know an adjective by its name definate, let me know and I’ll admit to being wrong about this one.

Fucking Spammers

(I have briefly considered the title “How to Fuck Spammers”.)
The spam I get these days. The last post, the one with a mere complaint about Mac’s deficient user interface, just got a comment from John: “I liked it. So much useful material. I read with great interest.” Fucking wanker.
An article in Romanian, about the conjugation […]

Where the fuck do I click?

So I’ve been using Windows Explorer for a while, in between two hard core Total Commander sessions. Now with the new Macs at work (new as of two years ago, though), I got to use its OS X counterpart, the Finder.
Here’s one gross limitation of the Finder. You’re in column view mode, and you want […]

Macbook Pro…blem

Not only does the new Macbook Pro keyboard suck, but it also harbors an unexpected… feature. The caps lock key refuses to toggle when pressed briefly. Now I’m looking for explanations for this ridiculous behavior, and stumble upon this piece of crap. Lemme summarize this for you. The new delay built into the caps lock […]