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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.
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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
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