European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 a the stars and stripes monday june 15, 1992 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers bless you for printing the letter from the woman who was cheated out of several pills by her pharmacist. The pills i take Cost $1 apiece. When i read your column i had just returned from having a prescription refilled. I put the paper Down and went to count the pills. Sure enough there were 26 pills in the bottle. I had paid for 30. Thanks for the tip Ann. I m going Back to the pharmacy As soon As i finish this letter. Too trusting in Ohio dear Ohio Little did i realize what a can of Worms i was opening when i printed that letter. The solution ask your pharmacist to count the pills in your presence. My readers had a lot to say on the subject. Here a a sampling Gulfport miss the item about being shorted pills prompted this letter. Its not about pills its about Money. My husband and i cashed two sizable government checks at a local Bank. We were Given $1,000 in a banded pack of $50 Bills. The cashier did not break the band and verify the amount. When we got Home we counted $950 in the pack. We phoned the Bank and were told a Call Tomor today s crossword dear Abby dear readers a while Back i had a column on the misuse of words and other irritants and named a few. I then asked readers to Send in their pet peeves concerning common mistakes in grammar and pronoun Cia Tion. How a this for a collection the Quot lies and a play Quot confusion to a a Lay Means to set or put a to a a lies Means to recline. Remember chickens Lay eggs. People lie Down. The use of a fall Are not when the person Means a not All example saying a fall women Are not Beautiful a when one Means a not All women arc we frequently hear a Between you and wrong its a Between you and another irritant is a try and instead of a try for example one May try to win a then lose. But How can one try and win a and then lose one hears supposedly educated people say a Between she and 1&Quot inst Carof the Correct a Between her and and How about the word a just Plain a a regardless will do but regardless of How a i regard Tess grates on one s nerves it has nosed its Way into the dictionary. It Means talk about overusing a word 1 nominate people who Start every other sentence with the word a a basically usually have limited vocabularies. My pet Peeve a double negatives a i done to know nothing Quot and Quot we done to go nowhere Quot Are the worst offenders. Some people think the plural of a a you is its not. A a you is both singular and plural. Quibble 56t mom Hool come Yew Ait Kevin in Schmee of out motor i be been Here l0n6er-cyerv0ne Kimom me Manl mama. You of Mai Otto cml mom Liny t am. You be seen he it form you know mtg in act in a War time so Iain so How come i to my you just Aasu Iekel Ouw quest Loki better thaia t could after we balance our we called the next Day and were told a your books balanced. We show no so folks insist on a count of banded Money before you leave the Bank. From Boston i also have been ripped off by my druggist. I paid for 100 pills and counted 80 when i got Home. I marched right Back to the store and complained in a loud voice. The pharmacist said a please be quiet you re attracting a lot of attention. Ill give you the pills for nothing if you pipe now All my friends and relatives arc counting their pills too. St. Louis in a a technician who works in a Chain pharmacy and can relate to the complaint about being shorted pills. Be aware that some people Transfer their pills to other bottles and Pill boxes and a a lose a few in the transition. Also i know of an instance where a family member was stealing pills Tranquili Zers and was caught in the act. So its not always the pharmacists fault. Abilene Kan pills Arentt the Only rip offs. They do it with cookies too. There were supposed to be 18 in the pack i bought yesterday. After Reading your column 1 counted them and there were Only 16. Ralph Nader a Yoo Hoo a where Are you c of gators Syndicate the word a a Forte meaning Strong Point is pronounced a a fort a not a for Tayz also people use the word Quot snuck instead of although a a snuck somehow sneaked into the dictionary its not used by people who use proper English. Ask someone to define a Thoi Polloix and its a Good bet that he will say a High tone or upper actually it Means a the masses a or the general population. A a nuclear is pronounced a nuke Lee Era a not a nuke you a cry and How about a a he a got a a a she a got and a a they be got Quot the Correct word is a the has a a she has Quot. 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