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Subject: Re: Re: the "AD&D Module Competition"
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Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 14:16:28 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  1 14:16:28 1984
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> 1. D&D and AD&D are not the same items. I began playing D&D when the original 
> module first hit the east coast (within a year after it was began).  Though I 
> was young at the time, I was partially familar with technical/strategical 

While I agree with what was said, I must denounce the manner by which it was
said.  Let us not stoop so slow as those whom we are chiding.

Furthermore, "it was began" is an extremely grating form of sub-standard 
English, so much so that it affects from the rest of the message.  If only
we could stamp out this sort of usage where it was begun.

Tom

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Tom Christiansen
University of Wisconsin
Computer Science Systems Lab 
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