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Subject: Re: Mr Pounder - It beats the Shopvac Pro!
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Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:28:53 GMT
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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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