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Re: LSSU issues annual list of words to be banished
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:46:50 -0500
On Jan 3, 2008 6:30 PM, Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi> wrote:
"SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. -- The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University are giving back to English speakers everywhere with their 33rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness.
Dang, I was hoping to see "virtually" in that list... I hate hearing that "virtually all of $x blah". Either you got 100% or you didn't. Don't try and make your failure to deploy something to everyone sound like a success by invoking that over-and-mis-used word.. -JP _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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