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Subject:Re: Usage of the word "thru" From:"Race, Paul" <pdr -at- CCSPO -dot- DAYTONOH -dot- NCR -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 18 Aug 1994 10:15:00 EST
I vote for through.
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From: techwr-l
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Usage of the word "thru"
Date: Wednesday, August 17, 1994 2:51PM
John E. Brush <brush -at- CIVENG1 -dot- CIV -dot- PITT -dot- EDU> reports, on 8/17, that he
is a thoroughgoing "thru" user. He asks:
Am I the only Technical Writer who uses "thru" when referring to a
series of items? The people who review my manuscripts would rather
see the word "through," but I'm sticking with thru unless my fellow
writers tell me I'm wrong.
I personally don't use it, but I see it a lot. I also see a lot of "a
lot" spelled as "alot". Hell, I see everything. What's the point?
