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#158890 05/06/06 07:31 PM

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then went on to put �ABS system� IN PRINT at least three times!

Why did you feel the need to use the plural form of the noun when the plural is adequately indicated by the fact that you have used the number three to modify it? Do you think we need it to understand that it was used more than one time?

Redundancy can be our friend. But Faldage does have a point!

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Department of Redundancy Department wofahulicodoc 04/26/06 03:50 PM

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Re: Department of Redundancy Department Faldage 04/27/06 10:23 AM

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Re: a rebours Buffalo Shrdlu 04/28/06 12:59 PM

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Re: a rebours Faldage 04/28/06 09:30 PM

Re: a rebours Aramis 05/02/06 12:30 PM

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Re: a rebours Faldage 05/03/06 09:26 AM

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Re: spelt, spilt and split zmjezhd 05/05/06 12:04 AM

Re: spelt, spilt and split Faldage 05/05/06 09:53 AM

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Re: prescriptivism AnnaStrophic 05/04/06 08:43 PM

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Back to the grammar question at hand: AnnaStrophic 05/06/06 07:31 PM

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The necessity for an apology TEd Remington 05/13/06 12:02 AM

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Re: The necessity for an apology Aramis 05/15/06 05:13 PM

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Re: Pet Peeve time again inselpeter 04/22/06 01:34 AM

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