Awatmath.2139 net.misc utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!djmdavies Thu Mar 25 13:01:02 1982 Choice words And the next day, we can have a quiz on "alternate", "alternative", "alternately", and "alternatively". Followed by a poll for the pedantic to choose the best substitute for "alternative" when the selection is from more than two options. Julian Davies (decvax!watmath!djmdavies) ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.