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Date Posted: 10:52:10 06/25/02 Tue
Author: Auntie Diluvian
Subject: Re: I don't mind Last names as much as...
In reply to: DeepaD 's message, "I don't mind Last names as much as..." on 07:56:25 06/25/02 Tue

Being the grammar/spelling geek I am (watch me get something wrong within this post) there are things that crop up *so*damn*often* that just tick me off:

Taunt abdomen
the vampire didn't need to breath at all
"alot" and "alright" (though that last one especially is getting into common usage)
his pants were too lose
their affair was discrete

I'm sure I'm missing a bunch and will smack myself on the forehead later, but these are the ones that sprung to mind.

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[> [> [> Re: I don't mind Last names as much as... -- Indri, 08:53:42 06/26/02 Wed

>"alot" and "alright" (though that last one especially
>is getting into common usage)

I was actually taught to use "alright" when I was at school in the UK, although I had my knuckles rapped for it in the US. At the time, I thought it was just another regional variation, but the dictionaries do not agree with me.

Having just checked, the OED lists "alright" as a variant spelling since 1893 but offers no value judgement (descriptive rather than prescriptive etc.), while the Merriam-Webster reluctantly admits that it's probably OK. I have no style guides handy.

Indri

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