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Subject:Re: Grammar and usage From:"PICKETT-HARNER, Molly" <MOP1 -at- NIORDS1 -dot- EM -dot- CDC -dot- GOV> Date:Thu, 22 Dec 1994 09:54:00 EST
'tis ridiculous.
However, our surfeit of lawyers must contrive work in order to survive....
Molly
mop1 -at- niords1 -dot- em -dot- cdc -dot- gov
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From: TECHWR-L
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Grammar and usage
Date: Wednesday, December 21, 1994 10:09AM
It would seem to me that if a term has become so common as to be a
household word
(Kleenex being a case in point) that the publicity would offset legal
restrictions in the eyes of the producer. IMHO, this takes things to the
point of the ridiculous!
