>DD: As further proof of the lack of  the study of English  word 
>meanings consider;
>QUOTE
>Researchers are working toward an understanding of a unique 
>transmissible and rapidly spreading cancer that threatens the very 
>existence of Tasmanian devils. The disease has decimated the devil 
>population by nearly 90 percent in certain geographical areas of 
>Tasmania, and officials project that within twenty years the entire 
>species could become extinct.
>END QUOTE
I wonder if they mean nine percent. {i.e. Ninety percent of ten 
percent.} Nota bene; The authors of that also apparently slept 
through Xeno and probably flunked the Calculus. Are proof readers 
also a dying breed?
For citation and an interesting story of a dying breed, like unto 
grammarians and Latin Teachers(?) see;
>Tasmanian Devils' Existence Threatened By Rapidly Spreading Cancer
>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080128173735.htm
   

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