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<font size=3>On 2003-01-24 09:14, Douglas G. Wilson wrote the
following:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>When I moved to Pittsburgh in 1989,
I was struck by its prevalence on the first day: it's not just something
a few yokels might say: it's conventional, you hear it every day, it's
printed in the newspaper, it's used in office memoranda and semi-official
documents, it's on TV, etc.</blockquote><br>
You mean there are actually people who say "needs X-ing"
instead of "needs X-ed"?<br><br>
What's next? Dogs and cats sleeping together? ;-)<br><br>
Cheers,<br>
Scott "Raised in Pittsburgh" Sadowsky</font></html>