Posted by KaraS on August 29, 2004, at 22:20:25
In reply to Re: Pet language peeves, posted by Larry Hoover on August 29, 2004, at 20:36:58
> > > My language pet peeve is people who spell separate seperate. One of my teachers told me to remember that "there's a rat in the middle."
> >
> >
> > Yes, but the correct spelling and the often used incorrect one, both have a "rat" in the middle.
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> Yes, but only one has "a rat" in the middle. Ambiguous primary reference, methinks.
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> Lar
>OK, now I get it!
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