"economy will tank"--as in fall over dead! (OT)

Denise Rogers gypsycaine at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 12 00:56:05 UTC 2000


No: HPFGUIDX 5633

"economy will tank"--as in fall over dead!

Like we are hoping for Voldie some day soon, and hoping to avoid for Ron,
Hagrid, Dumbledore, Lupin, Sirius, etc....






----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon J. Branford" <simon.branford at hertford.ox.ac.uk>
To: "HPforGU" <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 5:00 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Spelling mistakes / word (basically OT)


> Dave wrote: "Please point out my spelling errors as I wrote that in Word
and
> ran spell, and grammar check."
>
> The following are some of the mistakes I picked up on:
>
> 'Hermoine the Head Girl' - Hermione.
> 'demarcate' - Democrat. Capital letter needed as it refers to the Democrat
> Party.
> 'Economy will  tank' - I just have no idea what this means (if it is an
> American phrase then I apologise).
> '...changed the ballot in Palm beach 2 elections ago...' - Palm Beach, as
it
> is a place name it needs the capital letter.
>
> I am sure others will point out some more mistakes.
>
> Just because Word has said it is spelt correctly and that the grammar is
> perfect does not mean that it is. Correctly spelt words do not mean that
you
> are using the correct word.
>
> Simon
>
>
>
>
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