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<font size=3>At 9/21/2006 03:10 PM, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Is the vowel correct in
"shot" ?<br><br>
JL</blockquote><br>
:-) Yes, it's not an "a".<br><br>
Ben Zimmer wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Didn't *anyone* like "ate,
shot, and left"?</blockquote><br>
Three million people worldwide have liked it enough to buy it. Or so<br>
says this article:<br><br>
<a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1863807,00.html" eudora="autourl">
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1863807,00.html</a>
</blockquote><br>
Three million bought "eats, shoots, and leaves" (And that
vowel is correct also, it's not an "i".) This is the, um,
sequel.<br><br>
Arnold Zwicky wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:39 AM,
Joel Berson asks:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Didn't *anyone* like "ate,
shot, and left"?</blockquote><br>
define your reference class. she's sold huge numbers of copies,
so<br>
there's *some* audience for her stuff out there. not many
linguists<br>
in it, i gather, though.</blockquote><br>
I'm talking about the subtitle of the new book (no readers yet), not the,
um, prequel.<br><br>
Do I sound disgruntled? Well, I feel misunderstood.<br><br>
Joel<br>
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