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To: keepitreal

Surname means the last name or “family” name. Perhaps the author didn’t understand that.


7 posted on 01/28/2009 8:39:17 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: rdl6989

Perhaps not.


9 posted on 01/28/2009 8:40:30 PM PST by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: rdl6989
And, I'm amazed that people who are paid to use words for a living don't understand their meanings (and can't spell either).
11 posted on 01/28/2009 8:42:02 PM PST by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: rdl6989

The column writer and headline writer are usually two different people in a big city newspaper.


27 posted on 01/28/2009 9:13:11 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: rdl6989
Surname means the last name or “family” name. Perhaps the author didn’t understand that.

Amazing. This is a Washington Times writer. It took me all of 15 seconds to verify that surname means family name. And that was for two different references--Wikipedia and Dictionary.com.

46 posted on 01/28/2009 10:02:24 PM PST by giotto
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