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Subject:suffix in or suffix to (a name)? From:"Jill Mohan" <jillemo -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:14:03 -0500
When searching for a person with a suffix in their name, do this.
or
When searching for a person with a suffix to their name, do this.
Anybody know which is correct - either grammatically or human-intelligence-wise?
The snob in me says that the masses would prefer to read the first
rendering, but that the second rendering is the proper one.
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