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Subject:Re: OT - Errors on cover letters From:Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net> To:"Eric Dunn" <dunn -dot- eric -dot- l -at- gmail -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:18:29 -0500
Yep, but you get the idea.
-- Ken
At 04:04 PM 11/5/2007, Eric Dunn wrote:
>On Nov 5, 2007 3:50 PM, <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net> wrote:
> > As for being technically correct, two of my pet peeves are "12
> a.m." and 12 p.m." There are NO such
> > times. And if you really ARE technically correct, you MUST admit
> it. "a.m." stands for "ante meridian"
> > (before meridian) and "p.m." stands for "post meridian" (after meridian).
>
>To be pedantic, it's impossible to be at exactly 12:00. AM or PM.
>
>By the time you perceive the clock change, the time is either firmly am or pm.
>
>Let it go...
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