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[Laurence Urdang]

"Striked" for "strikes"!
  One might have thought that members of the ADS were a little beyond typos.
  L. Urdang


Scot LaFaive <spiderrmonkey at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > The item below, from a Daily Telegraph article of today, _striked_ me as
>displaying an unfortunate use of talented.
>"Striked me"?! Surely, you jest!

I was curious about that as well. Is the difference between "striked" and
"struck" regional, age based, or otherwise? Or is Mr. Urdang starting a
trend here?


Scot LaFaive



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>On 6/4/07, Laurence Urdang wrote:
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> > The item below, from a Daily Telegraph article of today, _striked_ me as
>displaying an unfortunate use of talented.
> > L. Urdang
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> > "The leading orchestra conductor, Robert King, has been jailed for
>sexually abusing five talented young musicians."
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>"Striked me"?! Surely, you jest!
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