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Date: 19 Apr 2025 08:12:22 GMT
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Ethan Carter <ec1828@somewhere.edu> wrote or quoted:
>IIRC, alt.english.usage was a high-volume group until recent years.  It
>seems to go by at least a day now with no articles.  Have I got the
>group name wrong perhaps?

  There's also "alt.usage.english".

>I'm also looking for a group on economics.  I'd like to ask questions
>and learn a bit from people who study it.  We have sci.econ, but it
>looks dead on Eternal September.

  I can only find "alt.invest..." having some overlap with this.