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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!baron.english.uiuc.edu!baron
  3. From: baron@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Baron)
  4. Subject: Re: Learning the ropes of "Ins and Outs"
  5. References: <1js1usINNskg@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1js3c7INNfe@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
  6. Message-ID: <baron.103.727973103@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
  7. Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner)
  8. Organization: University of Illinois
  9. Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:45:03 GMT
  10. Lines: 24
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  13. >Sorry, but your coworker was correct. "Ins" and "outs"
  14. >are simply plurals of "in" and "out," so there's no 
  15. >need for an apostrophe.
  16. >
  17. -- 
  18. >________________________________________________________________________
  19. >* Linda Zinn                    When you point a finger at someone,    *
  20. >* au500@cleveland.freenet.edu   you're pointing three back at yourself *
  21. >* ******Wanted: Books by E.D.E.N. Southworth; cattail dinnerware****** *
  22.  
  23. So what do you do with do's and don'ts?
  24.  
  25. Dennis
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