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> On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 18:19:42 +0100, Chris Croughton
> <chris@keristor.net> said:
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>> 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.
And, anyway, noone is second to none, especially at noon ;-)
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