And besides, "passed" is a transitive verb and needs an object to complete a
literate sentence. Any time I hear it, I think, "Passed what? A bus? A dead
skunk in the middle of the road? A burning bush?"
But, then, I'm easily annoyed. :-)
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Amen!
>
> ScottGee1
>
> On 1/26/07, Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Totally agree with you about the term "passed." Let's just call it what it
> > is,
> "died." Naming it something else doesn't change it.
> >
> > Walt
>
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