Re: What do Texas and Florida have in common?

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From: Professor Vonroach
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:00

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On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 17:26:02 -0500, "Dusty Rhodes"
<terra@CANSPAMtexas.net> wrote:

>> Dusty Rhodes <terra@CANSPAMtexas.net> wrote in message
>> news:5mkw5.8933$SN6.248263@news4.giganews.com...
>>
>> > As is "destroy". Point?
>>
>> You made it for me. Your a kook.
>
> Could you possibly mean "YOU'RE", not "your"? One is a subject/verb
>contraction meaning "you are". The other is a 2nd person possessive pronoun.
>Of course, given that you've already demonstrated a need for remedial
>intervention in English, it is not surprising that you would mix them up.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Dusty
>
Are you sure that is what you meant to say, Dirty One, ` Would'
implies that the two terms were purposefully confused, a choice by the
poster. On the other hand , `could' implies that a mistake can be
made, in this case due to either inattention or rapidity of working.
Therefore, `it is not surprising that you could mix them up' seems
more appropriate.  Of course, if you wished to imply that the author
of the line was cleverly intending to confuse the two terms for some
purpose, then your sentence would be correct, though contradictory.

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From: vonroach@popd.ix.netcom.com (Professor Vonroach)
Subject: Re: What do Texas and Florida have in common?
Date: 2000/09/16
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