SPAGridden and Ever So Evil household objects
joywitch_m_curmudgeon <joym999@aol.com>
joym999 at aol.com
Tue Mar 4 18:55:43 UTC 2003
Obviously, no rant about spelling and grammar is complete without
both the author's embarassed realization of errors made and the
nitpicking reader's discovery of extremely minor, yet amusing
mistakes. My turn with the fine-toothed comb:
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...>
wrote:
> some sort of marinaded chicken
I believe that chicken is "marinated," not "marinaded," although it
is confusing because the stuff we marinate-with-a-T our chicken in is
called marinade-with-a-D. Of course, different countries do things
differently, so I am willing to concede the vague possibility that
although Americans marinate, Australians may well marinade.
--Joywitch M. Curmudgeon, proud founder of the League of Obsessed
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