memorial sign

[Alice Faber]

A. Maberry said:
>On the outskirts of Seattle there is a very large billboard that reads in
>part:
>
>In memorial September 11, 2001
>
>How common is "In memorial" and is becoming a common substitute for "In
>memoriam" (which sounds far more natural to me)?
>

Not at all, as afar as I know. This sounds like a typo (or, worse, blind
adherence to a spell-checker's suggestions), writ *very* large.
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