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From: jcw@sally.UUCP (What's all this, then?)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Decaying language skills
Message-ID: <135@sally.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Mar-86 19:28:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 24 19:28:09 1986
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In article <1246@oddjob.UUCP> matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford) writes:
>Said the DJ on a nationwide syndicated radio program last weekend:
>
>	"... one of those voices with a uniqueness all its own".

And what is wrong with this sentence.  Are YOUR language skills decaying?!?
"its" refers to "one"!  Go back to high school and learn something this time!!

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Obligatory joke:  

Question:  What's the difference between a physicist and an engineer?

Answer:  A physicist modifies his theory to conform to the facts.
	 An engineer changes reality to conform to his design.