"important" as noun

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/8/2008 02:15 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
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>Or, on hasty review, seeing "its important" and accepting it (as what
>I'd write as "it's important").

Very hasty review?  Even I wouldn't pass "in the hope of adding to
it's important"!

Joel


>On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> > This is most likely a typo in an email message I received, but I hope
> > it is not an emerging trend.  An inability to decide between "import"
> > and "importance"?
> >
> > "As for author quirkiness, some authors cap an ordinary noun in the
> > hope of adding to its important or turn it into some kind of buzz word."
> >
> > Joel
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