Or more closely - a "rulesss" I tried typing two s's but my auto spell
checker wouldn't let me.
The punch line being that it is pronounced rul - less...
Sorry.
C.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson [mailto:OC@46thFoot.com]
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 2:35 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: British vs. American Grammar
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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