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To: FredZarguna
I was with you right up to there. It's COULD NOT CARE LESS.

Yeah I'm not perfect, but I at least try to avoid the obvious mistakes. I'm certainly prone to the more esoteric nuances of the language.

Cheers.

234 posted on 06/28/2013 4:06:32 PM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
Pet peeve; goes right through me.

As when people say "There's" with a plural noun: "There's a lot of dumbasses who don't speak very well English." Oh, there is dumbasses is there? "There're" is a perfectly good contraction and "there are" works, too. 'Course, on the Internet, I've no doubt we would see They're're and Their're if the old contraction regained currency... sigh ... still not ready to give up just yet; even if everybody else is.

238 posted on 06/28/2013 4:15:16 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Separated by a common language.)
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