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Originally Posted by Titchou
Please see Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition, page 1226, second column, 4th from bottom:
thru var of THROUGH
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A dictionary is not a style manual or a grammar text. You will find the word "ain't" in there, but that doesn't mean using it is correct. If something is commonplace it can still be wrong. Artistic license means writers of literature will often play fast and loose with strict grammatical rules; I tell my students authors can do that because they have poetic license, while my college freshmen have only learners' permits.
In my experience, it is better to acknowledge having made a mistake (even Homer nods) and move on rather than getting into dueling grammatical/spelling mistakes.
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Last edited by SWTXBelle; 01-14-2012 at 07:53 PM.
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