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Re: British vs. American Grammar

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Subject: Re: British vs. American Grammar
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:35:19 +0000
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In article <200203040932_MC3-F444-E5F1@compuserve.com>, Dave Massey 
<105671.471@compuserve.com> writes
>Message text written by Michael Hargreave Mawson
>>Still more of us use the word "ruler" for a long straight thing with
>measurement gradations on it, despite knowing perfectly well that the
>correct word is "rule" - a "ruler" being a monarch.
><
>
>At this point in time do you not actually have a "Rullette?"

<groan>

ATB

-- 
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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