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Re: CFFA Status?
- Subject: Re: CFFA Status?
- From: "Tall Runner" <Tall_Runner@bbs.S_p_a_m.boycot.S_p_a_m.no-ip.S_p_a_m.com>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jan 06 07:08:49 -0700
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*** On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 13:36:38 GMT,
a2fan@hotmail.com, saw reply that needed answering. It was called
"Re: CFFA Status?":
>It irks me when I see "for all intensive purposes" when it should be,
>"for all intents and purposes" but then again, I'm not the grammer police.
Or what about when a speaker says "Just call myself or one of the other
supervisors." People constantly misuse the word "myself".
There's a guy a work that likes the word "atypically". I always tell him that
it means "not typically", but that doesn't stop him from abusing the language.
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