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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:53:17 -0400

From: Maura Guyaberra <mguyaberr@orgastic.com>

To: "Josh McHugh" <jmchugh@forbes.com>

Subject: Whose servicing online consumers

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"Whose servicing online consumers"

This subject line is a travesty. Obviously, this pitcher is trying to use the contraction "who's," combining the pronoun "who" and the verb "is," but instead incorrectly uses the possessive form of "who." Furthermore, the sentence is obviously meant to be a question. Difficult to tell, however, since the correct punctuation of a question mark has been omitted. On a scale of one to ten (with ten being the worst), this destruction of the Queen's English merits a 4, with two points deducted for each assault.

Cheers,
Carol "Strunk & White" Waxler