[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Owen, if I believe the BBC news articles about the state of education in > England and given the state of education in the US I'd be surprised if a > significant proportion of native English speakers had ever run across the > word "mendacious" let alone knew how to use it properly in a sentence. I'd > certainly be being mendacious if I declared otherwise. And I don't like being > accused of mendacity.
Wasn't me that was talking about mendacity. I was merely pointing out a (relatively common) misuse of the there/their/they're variants. Bought myself a copy of "Eats, shoots and leaves" by Lynne Truss today, so I can be more authoritative in my pedantry soon. ;-) O -- Via Net.Works UK Ltd Local Touch Global Reach Owen McShane Systems Administrator http://www.vianetworks.co.uk Tel +44 (0)1925 484444
