Subj : Grammar in the Bar
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : Ed Vance
Date : Sun Jun 30 2024 20:18:40


> Hi, Ed!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

>          Oh... now there's a wonderful example of how confusing some
> apparently short, simple words in English may be.  Just for starters, are we
> being told we ought to beat up on our kids or just ensure their seat belts
> are fastened?  :-Q

Either.
It's humorous to my way of thinking.

>          AFAIK your punctuation there is correct in American & Canadian
> English because you were apparently quoting an entire sentence.  Although I
> may tend to do things a bit differently at times, I am a Canadian with
> ex-Brit roots.  :-))

I'm in Indiana, Kentucky is where I started out 
Ed

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