In <v04011705b2cd00f001b9@[128.49.222.150]>, on 01/21/99 at 09:18 AM,
Patrick Greenlee <patrickg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>I never cease to be amazed at the various uses of decimate.
I have made a practice of clenching my teeth and forcing myself to read
past such gaffes, but since you've cracked the ice...let me add another
abomination to linguisitic misuse: substituting "alot" for "a lot,"
which is swiftly becoming a tocsin for a descent into illiteracy.
les clark
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