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Subject: [Leica] re: 'merican language
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue Jan 31 08:41:01 2006
References: <C004FAE8.BB11%bdcolen@comcast.net>

B.D.,
Howard wrote, ".......educated individuals........"
Douglas

B. D. Colen wrote:

>And then there's our President... ;-)
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>On 1/31/06 11:20 AM, "Howard L Ritter, Jr" <hlritter@mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>In my field, medicine, I am appalled at how many educated individuals 
>>commit
>>so many crude, and flagrantly ungrammatical, errors in speech. I hear
>>registered nurses, BSNs with college bachelor's degrees, saying things like
>>"I seen her yesterday" or "I been there twice already" or "He don't do that
>>any more". I even know a thoughtful and cultured radiation oncologist who
>>regularly commits mis-usages like "I discussed the plan with he and his
>>wife".
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>>So much fun, being a language curmudgeon!
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>>--howard
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Douglas Nygren" <dnygr@cshore.com>
>>To: <lug@leica-users.org>
>>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:44 PM
>>Subject: [Leica] re: 'merican language
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>>>Seth, between you and I, people don't speak so good as they used to. It
>>>amazes me how many "educated" people use a subject instead of an object
>>>with the preposition "between."
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>>>I make my share of mistakes. I guess I shouldn't complain.
>>>
>>>Doug
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