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Subject:Thru or through From:Shelley Larock <larock -at- TYCHO -dot- ARH -dot- CDC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 19 Aug 1994 13:32:41 GMT
The only time I use "thru" is when I'm writing a draft or editing.
Then when I type the changes into the doc I change it to "through".
I only use it as a shortcut to writing out the whole word during
editing, but never in an actual doc.
