Re: Fun pairs

Subject: Re: Fun pairs
From: "Tamminga, Ernie" <et -at- DSC -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 12:57:33 -0700

...the late lamented distinction between criterion/criteria

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Ernie Tamminga
Director, InfoEngineering
Digital Sound Corporation
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Opinions expressed are my own, and not necessarily those of Digital
Sound Corporation

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tracy Boyington [SMTP:tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG]
>Sent: Monday, September 22, 1997 12:34 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: Fun pairs
>
>lose/loose
>
>quiet/quite
>
>their/there/they're
>
>apostrophes with plurals (Did anybody see the recent Rolling Stone cover
>advertising a story on "Andy's we love?" Andy's what? Andy's eyes?
>Andy's car? Andy's sense of humor? I never did find out what they loved
>that belonged to Andy. I wonder how much Rolling Stone pays their copy
>editors.)
>
>loss of the "d" in "ice(d) tea," "bake(d) potato," etc.
>
>use of a lower-case L with all other letters in caps
>
>
>Tracy
>--

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