On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Jerry Mouton wrote:
> Oh, Kevin, Kevin
>
> How sudden and apparently complete the fall from grace!
It was just a slip, and I apologized and made it up to her!
> Clearly "101" is the proper usage. The full name is
> "Highway 101".
>
> Like "Monsignor O' Malley", which can be properly
> shortened to "O'Malley", "highway 101" can only be
> properly shortened to "101". "The highway" would be correct,
> as would "the Monsignor". Just as "the Monsignor O'Malley"
> is a strange construct, "the highway 101" is unwwieldy.
>
> "The 101 freeway" is an incorrect construction by any
> reasonable northern rules of grammar.
Thanks for being so Frank. ;)
KeS
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