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Subject: Re: Moderation: A basic spelling lesson

Author: Shep

Date: 00:23:53 01/18/00

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On January 18, 2000 at 02:54:50, Bruce Moreland wrote:


>> Your obviously on Crack Cocaine!
>
>your - your barn is on fire
>you're - you're out of your league
>they're - they're going to get whacked if they keep that up
>their - their barn is on fire
>there - there it is
>loose - his belt was loose, and that led to disaster
>lose - we're going to lose this one
>it's - it's the end of a very long day
>its - its engine konked out, and I had to walk home

Thanks, Bruce, I think that was necessary. :)

The "loose/lose" mixup is very common here in Germany (where the word "looser"
is used quite often).
The "its/it's" thingy can be seen even on CNN... :-|

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Shep




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