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Subject:Re: Re[2]: Express (Abusrdity escalated) From:SuePStewrt -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Fri, 9 Dec 1994 20:33:16 -0500
I'm ready for this to end. But I will say that I have never seen the phrase
"expressed written permission" anywhere except in "amateur" rights
reservations. The *historical* usage -- seen in most U.S. publications -- is
*express.*
Now, I'm not going to change anybody's mind. But I believe you'll find that
*express* outnumbers *expressed* about 50,000 or so to 1 ...