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a christmas tree wrote: wrote: Another easy trick: spell "pie" first, then add on the "ce". IOW, a piece of pie.;-) Cathy thier piece (im feeling so smart, heh heh heh) doh! their nowkee! |
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Wooaaa a pedentic competition !
-- Will~ "... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause." Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth. "Rhino" wrote in message .. . Or "my two brothers and I"? As I recall, you should usually spell out numbers, not just write the digit(s). There are exceptions: it is common usage for a newspaper headline to write "Budget Surplus is $372 Billion" rather than "Budget Surplus is Three Hundred and Seventy Two Billion Dollars". Rhino "---MIKE---" wrote in message ... Willow wrote: me and my 2 brothers can't spell to save our lives.. How about "my 2 brothers and I" ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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Dick Peavey wrote: That's weird. yes it is I have been mis-informed its what is says on the tv... charlie brown said, i before e except after c, it's been one of my golden rules this is as bad as finding out santa claus takes all major credit cards |
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"Willow" wrote in message et... Wooaaa a pedentic competition ! Yes. G But I think it is pedantic. lol ---------------------whoooooosh! -- Will~ "... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause." Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth. "Rhino" wrote in message .. . Or "my two brothers and I"? As I recall, you should usually spell out numbers, not just write the digit(s). There are exceptions: it is common usage for a newspaper headline to write "Budget Surplus is $372 Billion" rather than "Budget Surplus is Three Hundred and Seventy Two Billion Dollars". Rhino "---MIKE---" wrote in message ... Willow wrote: me and my 2 brothers can't spell to save our lives.. How about "my 2 brothers and I" ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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Annie Wxill wrote:
"Willow" wrote in message ... I wasn't taking it personally.. ;o) just kinda reminding people that not everybody is an english speaking american in here. Will~ I strongly suspect that a good number of people in the U.K. would say that we "English speaking Americans" are speaking something other than English. (grin) Annie I always tease my trainer...he's a brit and I can't understand a damn thing he says half the time. I always say "David...PLEASE...speak English! Oh..uh..wait...please speak American!" (and I pronounce American like "amerrrkin" a few days late on this here thread, pam |
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=?utf-8?B?aGlsbGJpbGx54pi7ZG93bnVuZGVy?= wrote:
I've been using this method 5 times a day, i have shaved 25 minutes a day off my life, this gives me one extra episode of sanford and son At least you're not wasting all that extra time with posting on usenet. |
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