On Sat, 2014-10-04 at 13:25 +0930, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 03 October 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent: > > I have never heard this proposition in my (many) decades > > of speaking and writing English. Could it be something specific to > > Australian schools? > > No idea. I know it's done here, because I was born here and went > through it. My mother was an English teacher from England, and does > the > same thing, so I presume they're the same. That could be because she was following local practice. I'm from a family of teachers and have never heard of it, but I'll ask around. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org