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Subject: Re: [OM] the war is over, they won
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 21:23:51 +0100
“Err” is the correct verb on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Nathan

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> On 13 Dec 2019, at 21:12, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Well done, the SAU! :-)
> 
> I’ve never seen “error” as a verb, by the way. Over Here “err” is the verb. 
> 
> Chris
> 
> C M I Barker | Gamlingay
> 
> 
>> On 13 Dec 2019, at 01:16, Mike Gordon via olympus 
>> <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Chris links::
>> 
>> https://digitaldmx.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/grammar-police.jpg
>> 
>> 
>> I am trying to hold the line preventing some egregious errors.  It is one 
>> thing to error in a  quick email where meaning is clear but in a formal 
>> presentation or medical note using eponyms, proper usage is important.  
>> Most endocrinology fellows often error in writing Graves' disease.   It is 
>> named  after the renown Irish physician Robert James Graves: 1796-1853.   I 
>> have seen it written Grave's disease or slightly less offensive Graves 
>> disease. 
>> Every endocrinology fellows I am involved in training will make that mistake 
>> but once.  :-)
>> 
>> Doing my part, Mike,  S.A.U.
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