Re: USAGE: English, Masculine, Feminine
From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, June 16, 2004, 4:35 |
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:30:44PM -0400, Sally Caves wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
>
> > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 01:57:49PM -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
> > > A dissenting message, from a Midwesterner who's spent a lifetime
> sluffing
> > > (??)
> >
> > Standard spelling of that is "sloughing".
>
>
> Are we correcting spelling on this list when people don't ask for it?
Indeed not. I interpreted the "(??)" as asking for it. How do you
interpret it? :)
-Mark
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