Date:  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:30:07 -0500

From:  Katherine Catmull <kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BGA.COM>

Subject: Re: no mishaps



On Mon, 18 Sep 1995, Merri Lisa Johnson wrote:



> There is a phrase that I use and yet am not sure what the exact words are. Has

> anyone heard: Borrowing no mishaps / Barring no mishaps. Which one is the

> original?



Hmmm. I've always said and heard "barring any mishap," or sometimes

"mishaps," plural.



Kate Catmull      kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bga.com