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Subject:Re: pet peeves From:Matt Hicks <matt -at- UNIDATA -dot- UCAR -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 22 Aug 1994 11:57:55 -0600
On Mon, 22 Aug 1994, Westra, Kayla L. wrote:
> Pet peeves, you said?
> Etc.
> i.e. and e.g. where they are not appropriate
I saw a hand-lettered sign yesterday that ended a list with
"and ect [sic]". The depth of the ignorance is frightening.
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