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I was waiting in the doctor's office this morning, staring out the glass window and noticed (reading it in reverse) that the hours were listed as: Mon. thru Fri.
When did it first appear? When did it become acceptable to use THRU to mean through?
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it's given as a variant in M-W Seventh Collegiate (1967), and as informal in AHD4; but I haven't seen a date for its origin.
edit: and here's the listing from the online 1913 Webster's: Thru (?), prep., adv. & a. Through. [Ref. spelling.]
(the "?" is in the origin position; Ref. = reformed??)
Last edited by tsuwm; 03/07/07 04:04 PM.
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