As Buddy Holly once sang:

[Jonathan Lighter]

There is so much similar stuff in the patron reviews on Amazon that one could while away many hours copying and pasting.

A peek at the English of Tomorrow.  Today..

JL

Michael McKernan <mckernan at LOCALNET.COM> wrote:
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Wilson Gray wrote;

>"It really doesn't matter anymore."
>
>He was right, if a patron's review of a book on Amazon.com is any
>indication:
>
>"It doesn't _madder_ if you aced the ACT's ...."

excellent example of what Pinker calls 'the rule which converts 't' to a
flapped 'd''



Michael McKernan

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