Ms. Thistlebottom returns

Subject: Ms. Thistlebottom returns
From: Mike Mcgraw <mcgraw -at- BROOKTREE -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 09:33:46 -0800

E.Vollbach says:
> .....
> Although I admit that I, too, would prefer "The dog that bit the man .
> . . ." and "The man who hit the dog . . . .", that is my taste and
> does not mean that "The man that hit the dog . . . ." is incorrect.

> "Ms. Thistlebottom"

The shade of Theodore Bernstein's notorious Ms. Thistlebottom appears
monthly in San Diego STC's "Signature" newsletter, bringing you grammar
advice for thorny usage problems. Welcome to TECHWR-L, Ms. T
(Elizabeth).

Mike McGraw, "Signature" editor


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