Posted by Larry Hoover on August 29, 2004, at 20:36:58
In reply to Re: Pet language peeves » Catgirl, posted by KaraS on August 29, 2004, at 20:24:54
> > 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."
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> Yes, but the correct spelling and the often used incorrect one, both have a "rat" in the middle.Yes, but only one has "a rat" in the middle. Ambiguous primary reference, methinks.
Lar
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