Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan From: mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: literacy Message-ID: <9700108@uiucdcs> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 16:35:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.9700108 Posted: Wed Nov 6 16:35:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 07:24:55 EST References: <747@cyb-eng.UUCP> Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:cyb-eng.UUCP:-74700:uiucdcs:9700108:000:695 Nf-From: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!mcewan Nov 6 15:35:00 1985 > Scott McEwan (mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU), in his message <9700105@uiucdcs>, > writes: > >> The two(2) that really bug me are "to" instead of "too" or "two", and >> "loose" where "lose" is intended. It seems I see the wrong words much > ----------------------------------- >> more often then I see the right ones used on the net. > ---------- ^^^^ ------------------------------------ > > Indeed. ;-} for (i=0; i<100; i++) { write_on_blackboard ("I will proofread SEVERAL times before posting a spelling flame.\n"); } Yes, I do know the difference between "than" and "then". Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?"