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Subject:Re: Usage of the word "thru" From:"Westra, Kayla L." <13718westr -at- KCPBLDG01 -dot- BV -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 17 Aug 1994 17:05:00 CDT
I was always taught that "thru" was one of the things to fight 'til the
bitter end. It will probably end up in the dictionary as an accepted choice
(rather than colloquial). Oh know--I think I just violated one of those
rules of writing that was posted earlier today (you know, the one that nixed
parenthetical expressions. I prefer to think of them as asides!)
Thru is, of course, acceptable in informal writing.
Kayla Westra
13718westra -at- kcpbldg01 -dot- bv -dot- com
"Illa est causa mea, et ad eam haeso."
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Am I the only Technical Writer who uses "thru" when referring to a
series of items? The people who review my manuscripts would rather
see the word "through," but I'm sticking with thru unless my fellow
writers tell me I'm wrong.
