Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 11:42:40 -0500

From: Grant Barrett gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]JERRYNET.COM

Subject: RE Re: At Their Web Site



From: Allan Metcalf

Our expert guesses demonstrate the arbitrariness of many usage "errors." It's

a game anyone can play; I can find a shocking "grammatical" error in

something you've said, and find it even more shocking that you don't

recognize the error, thereby demonstrating that I'm purer than thou.



Yes, exactly. I turns out that they did not like the possessive our/their when used with the the

organizational noun NAA..



I have collected the list's varied responses (thank you) and have forwarded them on to our

account people beginning with the phrase "The data are in and they show..."



Grant Barrett

gbarrett[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]dfjp.com