Re: famous mac users?

On Tue, 23 May 2006 17:13:38 +0100, Don Romero wrote
(in article <C098AD1F.44AAD%don.romero@xxxxxxxxxxx>):

Somebody with so much linguistic experience might loose sight of the fact
that English, and other languages, are still 'alive', as it were and the
final book on English grammar hasn't been written yet.

I hope that the verb 'to lose' doesn't become something like 'to loose',
despite your best efforts.

.

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