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DD Farms <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 25 May 2006 11:27:22 -0500
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At 01:57 AM 5/25/2006, MCJ wrote:
>I saw this on another list,"... people are still going to disapprove 
>of you if you spell wrong, write?"
>. . .Do you flag "spell wrong", "act wrong", "play wrong" as errors? 
>Are spell, act, play suddenly nouns? Or, is wrong now an adjective form?

DD: Surely you jest. If you speak or practice High Standard English, 
the adverb would be preferred, unless it had to do with the spelling 
of the word, "wrong." I won't go into the lovely humor of the 
spelling of , "right/write," 

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