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Old July 7th 09, 12:34 AM posted to rec.autos.tech,rec.autos.misc,alt.autos.ford
Toyota MDT in MO
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Mike wrote:
> Ya' right LOL
>
>
> "Toyota MDT in MO" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> Mike wrote:
>>
>>> Get real, acceptable to whom?. Conventional usage does not make an
>>> improper pronunciation of a word correct.
>>>
>>> How often do we hear on TV or see in print that a person "pled guilty,"
>>> when the correct legal term is "pleaded guilty," or that Saddam was
>>> "Hung," rather than the correct term, "Hanged?"
>>>
>>> When his wife was told by a reporter in Paris, where she lived that he
>>> was hung, she laughed and said no he wasn't.
>>>
>>> If any man had a choice, they were surely prefer the former over the
>>> later LOL
>>>
>>>
>>> "HLS" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>>> preventative
>>>> "Toyota MDT in MO" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Mike wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> One might take note, there is no "at" in "preventive maintenance."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> One might stop bothering to correct the dictionary, as it is an
>>>>> acceptable alternate spelling. I've already been through this, and
>>>>> you're wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Toyota MDT in MO
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Absolutely correct.
>>>> There are often minor preferential differences between North American
>>>> English as well, such as
>>>> "orientated" and "oriented". Both are perfectly acceptable.
>>>>
>>>
>>>

>> You might want to proofread your scribble for grammatical and factual
>> accuracy, genius. LOL?.
>>
>> "Today I pled My **** to reconsider his incorrect ideas concerning
>> grammar, and he just laughed out loud at the suggestion."
>>
>> Pled = past tense = correct = eat it. Had you known that pled is also
>> acceptable as a past participle?
>>
>> Surely you were prefer to type correctly, weren't you(?)
>>
>> BTW, conventional and acceptable are two different concepts.
>>
>> --
>> Toyota MDT in MO
>>

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>
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Sweet comeback! LOL

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Old July 8th 09, 12:17 AM posted to rec.autos.tech,rec.autos.misc,alt.autos.ford
Mike
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Ya' right. LOL


"Toyota MDT in MO" > wrote in message
...
> Mike wrote:
>> Perhaps, to some I suppose, but they ain't had much good schoolhosin'
>> and thy sure isn't lawya's. LOL
>>
>>
>>
>> "HLS" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> "Mike" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>> Get real, acceptable to whom?. Conventional usage does not make an
>>>> improper pronunciation of a word correct.
>>>>
>>> Both variants are acceptable in the English language variants. I
>>> didnt say anything
>>> about conventional usage.
>>>
>>> "Pleaded" is listed as a colloquial usage in the Websters New World
>>> Dictionary.
>>> "Pled" or "plead" is perfectly acceptable as well.
>>>
>>>

>>
>>
>>

>
> Yeah, well whomever "they" are, it's likely they haven't been schooled
> (colloquialism) by a lowly mechanic on such points. Feel special.
> LOL
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> Toyota MDT in MO



 




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