When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People
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кстати, об английском. по сети весьма полезная книжица бродит, наткнулся совершенно случайно и, как ни странно, в ru_anime («как пропатчить KDE2 под FreeBSD», ага. кстати, вот ответ президента Казахстана на сей животрепещущий вопрос).
When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People
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Date: 2007-10-31 01:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-31 02:01 pm (UTC)Но пользоваться ею стоит без фанатизма. Например, навскидку говоря (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/memorandum),
Although some commentators warn against the use of memoranda as a singular and condemn the plural memorandas, our evidence indicates that these forms are rarely encountered in print. We have a little evidence of the confusion of forms, including use of memorandum as a plural, in speech (as at congressional hearings). As plurals memoranda and memorandums are about equally frequent.
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Date: 2007-10-31 02:51 pm (UTC)