Re: Fun pairs

Subject: Re: Fun pairs
From: Joanne Grey <j_grey -at- WRITEANGLES -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 14:18:44 -0700

TRIAD Services wrote:
> let's start listing some of our favorite illiteracies that pop up in daily
> usage and see WHOSE wins the prize. <G>

Not quite a common misuse, but one of my all-time favorites: I was
reading some old reports from a caseworker who knew *almost* what she
wanted to say. The report stated that "due to the incumbent weather, the
client had postponed the meeting".


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