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To: rickmichaels
guessed that the letter may have wore off over time

Worn. May have worn off over time. Jeez. The past participle of wear is appropriate here, not the simple past tense.

5 posted on 06/01/2013 6:10:43 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: FoxInSocks

“The past participle of wear is appropriate here, not the simple past tense.”

OK, just don’t blow anything up over it, OK?


87 posted on 06/02/2013 4:43:19 AM PDT by jocon307
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