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Subject:Re: Incidences [was Definately] From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- LGC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 2 Jun 1995 09:12:04 CDT
> From TECHWR-L -at- vm1 -dot- ucc -dot- okstate -dot- edu Thu Jun 1 19:23:31 1995
> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 19:46:14 -0400
> Scott G. writes:
> > Which brings to mind the word "incidents". You can also use the word
> > "incidences" to describe the plural of occurences.
> Says who?? "Incidences" is wrong. It is a mingling of "instances" and
> "incidents" and it drives me nuts every time I hear it.
> ...JS
You might want to take a peek at your dictionary. Mine contains "incidence" and
shows "occurrence" as a synonym.
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