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Shyam Mani wrote: |
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> This is correct. |
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Will you people stop arguing about correctness? Any question of correctness |
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can be decided once and for all wherever it can apply, such as in |
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arithmetic. Since any attempt to define correct English is doomed to failure |
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(witness this silly thread), it is daft to keep on trying. Try for idiomatic |
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usage instead, then you can acknowledge the unavoidable regional and |
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national differences that we see and hear daily. |
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> It is "an" FAQ not a FAQ. The letter F sounds like eff when you say it |
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No it doesn't, unless it's alone. You wouldn't want me to say "an fantasy", |
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would you? FAQ is an acronym, i.e. a word just as valid as fantasy. Soon, I |
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predict, it won't even be spelt with capitals. Bend with the wind. |
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> and not fe fu fo... A, B, C.... F that's the sound you say F A Q with |
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It might be if anyone ever said F A Q. |
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...so it is an FAQ. |
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Not in any rational lexicon. |
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Rgds |
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Peter Humphrey |
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Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93. |
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