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Re: Over-correction

#51765 01/05/02 12:06 AM

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Dear Keiva: I generally side with the pedants, but I think your example may not need correction. " A number of " almost always means more than one, so "A number........... are" seems acceptable.

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Re: Over-correction WhitmanO'Neill 01/15/02 09:33 PM

Re: Over-correcting for Political Correctness plutarch 01/27/02 07:18 AM

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Re: Another source Anonymous 01/06/02 06:21 PM

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