>Of course, you MUST be talking about a CONTRACTION, NOT a CONJUNCTION. In
>fact, Data's use of conjunctions is probably too common to list.
>FWIW, I've (hey, a contraction!) always thought that Data's inability (or
>unwillingness) to use contractions was completely stupid. Numerous TNG
>episodes revolved around Data's desire to be (or become more) human. The
>notion that he would distance himself from that end by purposely NOT
>speaking like his peers is dumb.

> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:11:31 -0500, "Matty-o" aldkj.com> wrote:
>

>>Of course, you MUST be talking about a CONTRACTION, NOT a CONJUNCTION. In
>>fact, Data's use of conjunctions is probably too common to list.
>>FWIW, I've (hey, a contraction!) always thought that Data's inability (or
>>unwillingness) to use contractions was completely stupid. Numerous TNG
>>episodes revolved around Data's desire to be (or become more) human. The
>>notion that he would distance himself from that end by purposely NOT
>>speaking like his peers is dumb.

>
> It is, but that was not why Data did not use contractions. IIRC, it was a
> bug in his programming that was never fixed.