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To: Kartographer

Authorities received a call about at around 2 p.m.

I need one of F.R.'s residents grammarians to tell me if this is proper usage or not.

It looks and sounds very wrong to me but I'm no grammarian.

8 posted on 10/29/2012 3:34:27 PM PDT by Holly_P

To: Holly_P

I’m a Grandparian, and I say it’s pretty lousy, grammarian!

9 posted on 10/29/2012 3:53:18 PM PDT by Big Giant Head

To: Holly_P

“Authorities received a call about at around 2 p.m.

I need one of F.R.’s residents grammarians to tell me if this is proper usage or not.

It looks and sounds very wrong to me but I’m no grammarian.”

Leave out the “at”.

14 posted on 10/29/2012 5:03:24 PM PDT by szweig (HYHEY!! (Have You Had Enough Yet))

To: Holly_P

“Authorities received a call about at around 2 p.m.

I need one of F.R.’s residents grammarians to tell me if this is proper usage or not.

It looks and sounds very wrong to me but I’m no grammarian.”

Leave out the “at”.

15 posted on 10/29/2012 5:07:53 PM PDT by szweig (HYHEY!! (Have You Had Enough Yet))

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