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Originally Posted By: zmjezhdAir for err was not so common fifty or more years ago.
Well, fifty or more years ago was when I was learning the language. I have no recollection of bumping into the alternative until I was well into my teens, and of course decided that the speaker must be an ignoramus. I've relaxed a bit since then.
Peter
Edit: Still learning.
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