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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Would you like to win a $1000? #33165 06/23/2001 5:02 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City I would read "How would you like to win $1000?" "How would you like to win one thousand dollars?" And I would read "How would you like to win a $1000?" "How would you like to win a one thousand dollars?" In my book, then, the referenced subject line offends not through redundancy, but simply by being ungrammatical. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Max Quordlepleen 06/22/2001 2:17 AM Re: Would you like to win a $1000? Jackie 06/22/2001 2:34 AM Re: Would you like to win a $1000? Rusty 06/22/2001 3:52 AM Re: Would you like to win a $1000? RhubarbCommando 06/22/2001 10:40 AM What could you do with a $1001 Fiberbabe 06/22/2001 1:02 PM Re: Would you like to win a $1000? inselpeter 06/23/2001 5:02 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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