Erected on the installment plan?

[Wilson Gray]

A, I'm with you: "installment" and "installation" are not the same thing.
But, what can we do? Two voices crying in the desert are no more powerful
than a single voice.

-Wilson

On 7/31/06, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> >        Merriam-Webster, Webster's New World, and American Heritage all
> >seem to accept this meaning of installment (= installation) without
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> >John Baker
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> So do OED & the New Century Dict.  I should have looked it up!
> AM
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