[sic] of the day: earmarks

[Joel S. Berson]

Yes, me too, which I didn't say in my other posting.

Joel

At 8/11/2006 09:39 AM, you wrote:
>Since the start of this thread I've noticed
>"earmarks/hallmarks/markings of al-Qaeda" all used. "Earmarks" is
>the term I'd probably use.
>
>Gerald Cohen
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>Original message:
>
>Chris Waigl quoted from the Guardian:
>
> > FBI director Robert Mueller says: "This had the earmarks [sic] of an
> > al-Qaida plot"
>
>My paper copy of today's Guardian hasn't yet arrived but when it does I'll
>check if it's there. If I'd read "earmarks" unwarned, I would certainly
>have marked it: the usage would look to me like an error for "hallmark".
>
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