Re: OT Grammar suggestion

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From: Michael Stevens (mstevens_at_bogusmvps.org)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:50:51 -0800

Alias wrote:
> "Doug Main" wrote
>
>>
>> (BTW, for those of you who have never heard of curling, it's a game
>> similar to shuffleboard, played on ice. Curling tournaments are
>> called bonspiels.)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Doug Main
>
> Gosh, and I thought all this time that "curling" was something done
> at a hair salon with a *curling* iron.

You are NOT wrong, and just one of the reasons the English language is so
difficult to master for the non-English and English speaking alike.
So many words are spelled the same and pronounced the same but don't mean
the same.
BTW perfect grammar in newsgroups help considerably when troubleshooting a
problem, but to nitpick a reply or post that is perfectly understood is
insulting and not productive to the spirit of peer support newsgroups. 

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