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Subject: Re: [powderworks] I need help with my English
From: david earle
Date: 24/06/2010, 10:53 am
To: powderworks

No need to worry Miron- it's called a typo - should've read elected unopposed.

--- On Thu, 24/6/10, Miron Mizrahi <mironmizrahi@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Miron Mizrahi <mironmizrahi@yahoo.com>
Subject: [powderworks] I need help with my English
To: "powderworks" <powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au>
Received: Thursday, 24 June, 2010, 10:43 AM

 

help me out here

from the Age: "Ms Gillard was unelected unopposed"
from CNN: "The new leader, elected unopposed, is Julia Gillard"

is this the American vs. Australia English or some sort of conspiracy to confuse non native speakers like me?

Miron

How could people get so unkind?