No (no), Hal! A second r in occuring? An abdomination!
The second r belongs only in reocurring . . .
~ Dan(n)
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From: "Halvard Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: Some language oddities in progress
> Here, here! Let's also campaign for restoration of the second
> r in "occuring"! I think we're really honing in on something now.
>
> Hal
>
> On Aug 22, 2005, at 1:04 PM, Jon Corelis wrote:
>
>> I've noticed currently a couple of interesting changes in (American, at
>> least) English occuring before our ... ears, I guess.
>>
>> One is the use of it's as a possessive, as in "This table has one of
>> it's
>> legs too short." This is still strictly speaking illiterate, but is
>> becoming wide so wide spread that I fear we will live to see it
>> accepted
>> usage. That, I submit, will be a sorry day for civilization. I've
>> sometimes toyed with the idea of forming an International It's Its
>> Society
>> dedicated to combatting the rot.
>>
>> Another is the drift in meaning of the phrase "beg the question." This
>> originally meant, and still properly should mean, the logical fallacy
>> of
>> assuming the point at question, as in "School children should be
>> required to
>> recite the Pledge of Allegiance in class to teach them patriotism"
>> (when the
>> question at issue is exactly whether such an exercise is an appropriate
>> expression of patriotism for Americans.) This is now being more and
>> more
>> used as a substitute for "raise the question," as in, "The increasing
>> crisis
>> in Fredonia begs the question of how long the Firely regime can
>> continue to
>> hold power." This always grates on me horribly, but then who am I ...
>>
>>
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