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Subject:Friday Fun: What Pet Peeve makes you puke? From:Liz Goodwin <Liz -dot- Goodwin -at- ametek -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:15:26 -0400
"very unique"
Something is either unique or it isn't - sort of like being a little, or
too pregnant. You either are or you aren't.
Liz
"Nuckols, Kenneth M" wrote:
> Earlier today I saw a post that contained what might have been a clever
> unexpected placement of a word, or what might have been the result of
> some automatic spell checker's "fix" of a typo. But outside our list
> it's such a basic and common error that it makes me want to puke every
> time I see it: when someone writes the word "loose" when he or she is
Liz Goodwin
Technical Writer, Process Instruments
AMETEK, P&AI, Pittsburgh, PA
liz -dot- goodwin -at- ametek -dot- com
There are people who reshape the world by force or argument, but the cat
just lies there, dozing; and the world quietly reshapes itself to suit his
comfort and convenience.
--Allen and Ivy Dodd
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