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Re: Over-correction

#51768 01/05/2002 1:23 PM

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Faldage

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Faldage

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A variety of styles...

A number of...

These concepts are clearly plural in meaning if not in form. It's a question of whether we grammatize by form or meaning. A similar question might be raised about the choices the city expects ten inches or less of snow tomorrow or the city expects ten inches or fewer of snow tomorrow. If we went strictly by form the latter would be the correct version but we go by meaning (we're measuring snowfall not counting inches) making the former correct.

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Over-correction AnnaStrophic 01/04/2002 2:40 PM

Re: Over-correction wwh 01/04/2002 4:35 PM

Re: Over-correction AnnaStrophic 01/04/2002 5:32 PM

Re: Over-correction tsuwm 01/04/2002 5:42 PM

Re: Over-correction Faldage 01/04/2002 4:36 PM

Re: Over-correction Jackie 01/04/2002 4:47 PM

Re: Over-correction AnnaStrophic 01/04/2002 5:19 PM

Re: Over-correction Faldage 01/04/2002 8:45 PM

Re: Over-correction AnnaStrophic 01/04/2002 8:51 PM

Re: Over-correction Lucy 01/30/2002 2:03 AM

Re: Over-correction Jackie 01/30/2002 2:34 AM

Re: Over-correction Faldage 01/31/2002 10:36 AM

Re: Over-correction Capital Kiwi 01/31/2002 8:50 PM

Re: Over-correction over - maverick 01/31/2002 8:53 PM

Re: Over-correction over - Faldage 01/31/2002 8:56 PM

Re: Over-correction over - Capital Kiwi 01/31/2002 9:15 PM

Re: Over-correction over - Faldage 01/31/2002 10:41 PM

Re: Over-correction over - Capital Kiwi 01/31/2002 11:00 PM

Re: Over-correction Faldage 01/04/2002 6:04 PM

Re: Over-correction Capital Kiwi 01/04/2002 8:06 PM

Re: Over-correction AnnaStrophic 01/04/2002 8:36 PM

Re: Over-correction WhitmanO'Neill 01/15/2002 9:33 PM

Re: Over-correcting for Political Correctness plutarch 01/27/2002 7:18 AM

Re: Over-correction Keiva 01/04/2002 5:57 PM

Re: Over-correction Keiva 01/04/2002 11:47 PM

Re: Over-correction wwh 01/05/2002 12:06 AM

Re: Over-correction Keiva 01/05/2002 12:34 AM

Re: Over-correction wwh 01/05/2002 1:04 AM

Re: Over-correction Faldage 01/05/2002 1:23 PM

Re: Over-correction Angel 01/05/2002 2:04 PM

Another source AnnaStrophic 01/05/2002 8:02 PM

Re: Another source Capital Kiwi 01/05/2002 9:16 PM

Re: Another source Anonymous 01/06/2002 6:21 PM

Re: Another source AnnaStrophic 01/06/2002 6:26 PM

Re: Another source Keiva 01/06/2002 6:38 PM

Re: Another source Bingley 01/12/2002 6:20 AM

Re: Another source Faldage 01/12/2002 4:00 PM

Re: Another source Capital Kiwi 01/12/2002 4:17 PM

Re: Another source Faldage 01/12/2002 4:47 PM

Re: Another source Capital Kiwi 01/12/2002 4:50 PM

Re: Another source Keiva 01/12/2002 9:09 PM

Re: Another source Capital Kiwi 01/12/2002 9:51 PM

Re: Another source Jackie 01/13/2002 4:04 AM

Re: Another source Faldage 01/13/2002 1:20 PM

Re: Another source Capital Kiwi 01/13/2002 9:41 PM

Re: Another source Faldage 01/14/2002 11:22 AM

Re: Another source consuelo 01/15/2002 12:53 AM

Re: Another source AnnaStrophic 01/15/2002 1:40 PM

Football on Bali wsieber 01/16/2002 7:05 AM

Speaking of noteworthy... Jackie 01/16/2002 12:56 PM

Re: Good as a Guide; Bad as a Judge Faldage 01/16/2002 5:34 PM

Re: Neither of the passengers were seriously hurt. Faldage 01/15/2002 2:39 PM

. Max Quordlepleen 01/15/2002 6:47 PM

Re: Neither of the passengers were seriously hurt. Faldage 01/15/2002 7:00 PM

. Max Quordlepleen 01/15/2002 7:13 PM

Dead horse raises its ugly head AnnaStrophic 01/24/2002 7:03 PM

Re: Dead horse raises its ugly head Jackie 01/25/2002 12:26 PM

Re: Authority, Schmauthority Faldage 01/25/2002 2:25 PM

Re: Over-correction stales 01/27/2002 3:08 PM

Re: Over-correction doc_comfort 01/27/2002 11:45 PM

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