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Re: Mr Pounder - It beats the Shopvac Pro! None
Bob Cunningham (exw6sxq@earthlink.net) 2006/09/09 15:28

On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 18:19:42 +0100, Chris Croughton
<chris@keristor.net> said:

[...]

> The one which annoys me is "noone" for "no one", it
> reads as "noon" with an erroneous 'e' on the end.

So far as I know, no dictionary condones spelling "no one"
closed.

A British dictionary, _The New Shorter Oxford_, recognizes
"no-one" as a less frequent spelling, but an American
dictionary, _Merriam-Webster's Collegiate_, doesn't mention
it.

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