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Subject:Re: commercials From:Laurie Rubin <lmr -at- SYL -dot- NJ -dot- NEC -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 5 Jun 1995 09:20:17 -0400
I wonder if it is the script that is incorrect, or the actor screwing up
the line, and no one catching the mistake...?
Laurie
> While I can't claim to be an excellent grammarian (I have to look up the
> rules all the time), I am often attracted (distracted?) by these errors and
> oddities. (And I'm sure I made tons of my own mistakes, but hey, I'm not
> being paid to write scripts for commercials.)