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Re: USAGE: Aren't/Amn't

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 16, 1999, 2:18
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:28:57 -0600 Patrick Dunn
<tb0pwd1@...> writes:
> *nods* I even use ain't in front of my class. Of course, I don't > accept > it in papers. . . but there are plenty of perfectly real words I > don't > accept in papers. Like the phrase "today's society."
My English teacher (Eng 112G: Epics) spent about five minutes during a period of publically going over excerpts from papers telling us not to use "they" as a singular - and then used it himself a minute or two later. :) . Maybe i should've pointed it out to him... -Stephen (Steg) "...the Names that can be given are not the true Names..." ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.