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Subject: Re: Can Vincent Deepieveen Defeat Deepblue Blindfolded?

Author: Gareth McCaughan

Date: 09:59:45 01/12/02

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On January 12, 2002 at 02:04:20, Dann Corbit wrote:

[James Doby wrote:]
>>   Mr Corbit your a Heathenistic Animal!!!!   Just joking!!

[Dann:]
>    Mr.
> It's an abbreviation for Mister.
>              you're
> It's a contraction for "you are".

The usual convention is that an abbreviation that ends
with the last letter of the word it abbreviates (e.g.,
"Mr" for "Mister") doesn't need the trailing dot. :-)

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