I lately lost a preposition

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

This reminds me of the signs on the restrooms in Target stores which ask customers not to bring "unpaid merchandise" in.

-Matt Gordon


-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Mark Mandel
Sent: Sun 1/27/2008 7:02 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject:      I lately lost a preposition
 
A man remained unaccounted for after fire engulfed an Albemarle County
townhouse Saturday night, as firefighters spent hours battling a blaze that
lit up the structure's entire façade.
The release states that fire officials have reason to believe this is the
unaccounted [___] person.

DailyProgress.com | Fire rips through
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