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From: martin dowie <martin.dowie@gecm.com>
Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java?
Date: 1998/02/17
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The Goobers wrote:
> 
> How curious... if that is the case then I've frequently heard bad
> grammar used on the BBC International Broadcasts and in issues of The
> Economist.  Is this a recent change in the rules which hasn't percolated
> up to the 'fuddy-duddy' levels inhabited in these August Organizations?
> 
> DD

sorry, you place too much trust in the Beeb to get that
sort of thing right. the other evening i heard one the
the bbc's reports refering to "mexico and other such
towns" - it appears that a geography lesson or two could
follow on from the grammer lesson...