Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and
spake thusly:
[snip bogus etymology of "ie." as synomym for eg.]
>
> I think your septic mate (septic tank = yank) is confusing it with e.g. and
> has created a false etymology!
For a jumbo list of common (merkkan) grammatical errors, and their
explanations, see here:
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
Hours of fun for the linguistic pedant.
--Chris.
p.s. Arrgh. It's bloody well "aperture", dammit, not "aperature"!
--
It's boring being a program when your only job is inserting a random .sig.
Muggins thinks I've put his .sig here, won't he be surprised...
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