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From: hobs@ihu1n.UUCP (John A. Hobson)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Is English decaying rapidly?
Message-ID: <290@ihu1n.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 12:56:53 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov  4 12:56:53 1985
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> Don't forget that a large part of the population which allegedly speaks
> English (American) is unable to distinguish the possessive pronoun "its"
> from the contraction "it's"....  For some reason,
> one seldom sees the corresponding mistake "her's" and (I hope) never
> "hi's", although I've run across "your's" a time or two.
>
> Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086

Dick, you should stay away from Wautoma, Wisconsin.  There is a
place just outside of town called "Hi's and Her's Beauty Salon".  I
kid you not.
-- 
John Hobson
AT&T Bell Labs
Naperville, IL
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