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[uk.misc,alt.usage.english,soc.culture.british] Re: It's e-MAIL dammit!!
A discussion has ensued over whether "e-mail" can be pluralized to
refer to messages sent via e-mail.
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From: P&DSchultz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: uk.misc,alt.usage.english,soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: It's e-MAIL dammit!!
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 20:41:18 -0400
Dom wrote:
>
> [email protected] (Bill Oakey) writes:
>
> >On 21 Oct 1997 11:19:44 +0200, [email protected] (Anonymous) wrote:
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> >>Nope. It's "I received 57 messages by e-mail today".
>
> >"Nope", I received 57 electronic mail messages today.
>
> Nope, It's "I downloaded 57 Internet messages off the Web today".
Nope, it's "I did retrieve from my local server two score and
seventeen electronic surrogate-mail missives today."
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