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   > Hi, Ed!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:   
      
   >          Oh... now there's a wonderful example of how confusing some   
   > apparently short, simple words in English may be.  Just for starters, are we   
   > being told we ought to beat up on our kids or just ensure their seat belts   
   > are fastened?  :-Q   
      
   Either.   
   It's humorous to my way of thinking.   
      
   >          AFAIK your punctuation there is correct in American & Canadian   
   > English because you were apparently quoting an entire sentence.  Although I   
   > may tend to do things a bit differently at times, I am a Canadian with   
   > ex-Brit roots.  :-))   
      
   I'm in Indiana, Kentucky is where I started out    
   Ed   
      
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