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Doc
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:26 pm    Post subject: American English???? Reply with quote
Here's one that drives me nuts:

"INCIDENCES" ????

What the hell is it? <shrugs>

My best guess is that someone, some time, decided to merge the words, "incident" and "instance" together. However, when and how did Americans pick it up as acceptable use? I hear it all the time.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a confusion of incidence and incident.

You can have more than one incident-- two incidents.
But if you confuse the aforementioned words, you might think there have been two incidences.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
LMAO

NOW, I'm even MORE confused.

(...but, it doesn't take much)
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Doc,

I think Amy has nailed this one. That's been my assessment of the situation, too.
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