"there's on since": how did that happen?

[Dan Goncharoff]

Maybe Siri isn't Siri-ous yet.

DanG


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> A NYTimes article today datelined San Antonio comments on the
> possibility of Carmelo Anthony guarding a heavier Zach Randolph in
> the Knicks' next game.  Coach Woodson is quoted as saying "Carmelo is
> big enough ... He's done it before in the past so that won't make any
> difference for us. ... For right now, there's on since in making any
> changes."  [Print version, NE edition.]
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> I assume that should be "there's no sense in making any
> changes".  [As in the on-line version.]  But how did this garbling
> happen?  In this day and age, reporters don't voice-phone-call-in
> their stories (or fax handwritten copies), do they?
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> Joel
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