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From: Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>
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Subject: Re: looking for groups
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 03:31:12 +0200
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On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:51:03 -0300, Ethan Carter
<ec1828@somewhere.edu> wrote:

>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?

It was probably formed because someone mistyped alt.usage.english,
which still flourishes.

>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.

Crosspost to other groups that seem to deal with economics, and see if
anyone replies. 


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