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>From Steve Allen's "Prickly Heat Telethon" bit from years ago: "Did you know that in this country, a man gets prickly heat every 10 minutes? And boy is that guy tired of scratching!" :)
Steve
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From: On Behalf Of Joyce -dot- Fetterman -at- L-3com -dot- com
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 7:27 AM
To: Lauren; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: IS or ARE
Lauren wrote:
"I would change to "A current customer receives two months of free
service." That rewrite is better for grammar and for marketing because
it puts the customer first rather than placing the provider of service
first."
"A current customer"? Which one? How will a current customer be chosen
from among all of the current customers?
<ducking>
Joyce
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