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  1. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!sgiblab!darwin.sura.net!convex!constellation!fury.ecn.uoknor.edu!norlin
  3. From: norlin@fury.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
  4. Subject: Re: "The point is, is that..." (two "is") phenomenon
  5. Sender: usenet@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu (Usenet Administrator)
  6. Message-ID: <BxM4H0.68B@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
  7. Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:58:10 GMT
  8. References: <1992Nov12.064010.44664@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
  9. Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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  12. miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
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  14. >Everywhere now you hear two "is" in constructions like:
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  16. >    The point is, is that...
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  18. Well, this is the first I've heard of it.
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  20. I'll have to start using it now.  :-)
  21.  
  22. Norman
  23. norlin@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu
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