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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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0However, according to one commentator, Bill Lind, the idea of PC English started earlier than that. People 01b01u00on a mailing about language02u02b00 were talking about this term in the early and middle 1970s.02br
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0 People which are members of a mailing list (which exchange letters/messages, in e-mail or other forms, including paper). 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 People which are members of a mailing list (which exchange letters/messages, in e-mail or other forms, including paper).
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0 People which are members of a mailing list (which exchange letters/messages, in e-mail or other forms, including paper). 0-
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10Thanks, Marius.02br
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00We could be considered to be 01u01b00people on a mailing list about language
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0 No, Web forums aren't mailing lists. In a e-mail mailing list, you just receive e-mail. 02br
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0Thanks, Marius.02br
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00But I presume there must be someone in charge to organize the people in the mailing list and to do the chores, right?0-
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0 Yes, there's normally a moderator which uses appropriate software for that. 0-
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0 Hi Angliholic02br
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00 Your sentence mentions a time frame which is a bit too early to be a reference to something sent via e-mail.02br
00 To me, it sounds as if the author of your sentence is referring to a batch of mail sent via "snail mail" (you know -- the old-fashioned post). Possibly it was a survey that people were asked to fill out, or possibly
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0 Thanks, Yankee. 0-
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