Lest we forget. Note the word Olympus contained in both the address on
this email and the footer contained herein. I too, am disgusted with
what is happening to our language. Ask me, I'll tell you - off line.
;-),
Rand E.
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Dave Bulger wrote:
>
> And we must not forget the tendencie's to place apostrophe's before every
> single "s" that happen's to end the word's we're writing.
>
> Rgd's,
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andras Iklody-Szabo [SMTP:isza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 5:45 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Decimate?
>
> >In <v04011705b2cd00f001b9@[128.49.222.150]>, on 01/21/99 at 09:18 AM,
> > Patrick Greenlee <patrickg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> >
> >>I never cease to be amazed at the various uses of decimate.
> >
> >I have made a practice of clenching my teeth and forcing myself to read
> >past such gaffes, but since you've cracked the ice...let me add another
> >abomination to linguisitic misuse: substituting "alot" for "a lot,"
> >which is swiftly becoming a tocsin for a descent into illiteracy.
> >
> >les clark
>
> How about your and you're? Even seemingly literate people (with English as
> their mother tongue) don't seem to be able to distinguish between these.
>
> Andras Iklody-Szabo
> Caracas / Venezuela
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