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Re: Spelling bug: publically versus publicly



On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 11:39:59AM -0500, James A. Treacy wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 10:09:12AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:

> > Frequency is no indicator of correctness (or lack thereof).  Take, for
> > example, the spelling "definately", which seems to be the popular form 
> > among the Slashdot crowd.

> Personally I can't stand all the loosers out there who are fast and lose
> with the difference between lose and loose.

I agree compleatly!  But teaching people the difference between lose and 
loose seems to be a loosing proposition. :(

Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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