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To: DownSouth who wrote (5851)9/4/2000 7:21:08 PM
From: Uncle Frank  Read Replies (2) of 22706
 
>> I have noticed that a number of people on SI, including the very successful, suave sw, missed that day in 6th grade English Grammar class when the words "then" and "than" were spelled and their uses were discussed for the little kiddies.

You were doing so well, and then you wrote,

>> 7. The pets aren't really your "children" afterall. There not even human, for Pete's sake.

"There" and "they're" are not interchangeable, for Pete's sake.

cguf@Mericanisatoughlanguage.com
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