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- From: bayla@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Bayla Singer)
- Subject: Re: Words that peeve me
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.031534.16354@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 03:15:34 GMT
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- In <1992Jul24.172825@IASTATE.EDU> mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin) writes:
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- I heard it on National Public Radio this morning: "fraction"
- >used to mean "very small fraction".
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- --and how about bargain sales, where goods may had for "a fraction of the
- origianl price" or "pennies on the dollar" -- proportions unspecified, of
- course.
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- --bayla
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