one for prescriptive grammarians

[Jonathan Lighter]

This is a stylistic, not a grammatical, error.

J "The Call Me a Prescriptivist" L



On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 6:31 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Or the value of the Clippers...
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> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:10 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com
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> > http://goo.gl/uc00o
> > > Griffin, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 draft, signed a five-year
> > > extension with the Clippers that could be worth as much as $95 million
> > > on Wednesday.
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> > No word on how much the deal will be worth on Friday...
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