ToTN

[Charles Doyle]

The MOST objectional thing about "'til" (written with the
apostrophe and one "l") may be that the apostrophe nearly
always appears BACKWARDS nowadays, thanks to MSWord.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:00:06 -0400
>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: ToTN
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>Both "quarter till" and "quarter to" are fine with me, as
well as both "quarter past" and "quarter after," whether
spoken or written. But "quarter 'til" bites the big one in
writing.

>-Wilson

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