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Re: Strange English in the manual
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Reuben Thomas |
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Re: Strange English in the manual |
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Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:29:14 +0100 (CET) |
> >> The only exception is a persistent inability to write "staves"
> >> instead of "staffs", but I think that is some kind of joke.
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> >It's American usage.
My bad. I knew that the American *singular* was "staff" (British sing.
"stave") and made an incorrect extrapolation.
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