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Subject:Re: OT - Errors on cover letters From:"Eric Dunn" <dunn -dot- eric -dot- l -at- gmail -dot- com> To:poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:04:10 -0500
On Nov 5, 2007 3:50 PM, <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net> wrote:
> As for being technically correct, two of my pet peeves are "12 a.m." and 12 p.m." There are NO such
> times. And if you really ARE technically correct, you MUST admit it. "a.m." stands for "ante meridian"
> (before meridian) and "p.m." stands for "post meridian" (after meridian).
To be pedantic, it's impossible to be at exactly 12:00. AM or PM.
By the time you perceive the clock change, the time is either firmly am or pm.
Let it go...
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