know the score -1929

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Tue Sep 14 19:28:01 UTC 2004


>From Sam:
>>>>>
 Obviously this isn't a clearcut useage in a figurative sense, but it shows
how an ad copyrighter used the phrase--keeping score, as if in a game.
 <<<<<

"copywriter". A very easy mistake to make, for fairly obvious reasons.
Conversely, "copyright" is often misspelled as "copywrite" and its past
participle written as "copywritten".


-- Mark A. Mandel
[I talk, Dragon NaturallySpeaking types, I correct. Neither of us is
perfect.]



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