Re: [Pan-users] Re: OT: English [was Re: Re: freeze, high CPU getting new headers]

[Bruce Bowler]

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 01:15:31 +0000 (UTC)
Duncan <address@hidden> put fingers to keyboard and said:

> The one that really bothers me reading it, however, is "alot".
> However, it seems to be getting common enough it'll probably be
> acceptable as informal in a few years, and even "a lot" is still
> informal, in the strict sense, so that will make them equivalent.  But
> they aren't equivalent yet!

The one that drives me absolutely nuts is "till" as an contraction of
"until".  The proper contraction is 'til.

The spelling error that tripped me up until my 7th grade English teacher
gave me "the key" was the "sweet part of dinner", is it desert or
dessert.  The secret, which has served me well - I'd rather have 2
desserts than than 2 deserts.  Thank you Mrs. Lewis...

Bruce