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Pastimes : Common Errors in (American)English -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mighty_Mezz who wrote (43)	6/10/1999 12:30:00 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 228

Sorry... But this is the correct way: ____________ 'When I use a wowd,' Humpty Dumpty said, in wathew a scownfuw tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean -- neithew mowe now wess. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! ' 'De qwestion is,' said Awice, 'whethew you can make wowds mean so many diffewent things. Oh, dat scwewy wabbit! ' 'De qwestion is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be mastew -- that's aww.' Awice was too much puzzwed to say anything; so aftew a minute Humpty Dumpty began again, uh-hah-hah-hah. 'Dey've a tempew, some of them -- pawticuwawwy vewbs: they'we the pwoudest -- adjectives you can do anything with, but not vewbs -- howevew, I can manage the whowe wot of them! Impenetwabiwity! Dat's what I say!' 'Wouwd you teww me pwease,' said Awice, 'what that means?' 'Now you tawk wike a weasonabwe chiwd,' said Humpty Dumpty, wooking vewy much pweased. 'I meant by "impenetwabiwity" that we've had enough of that subject, and it wouwd be just as weww if you'd mention what you mean to do next, as I suppose you don't mean to stop hewe aww the west of youw wife.' 'Dat's a gweat deaw to make one wowd mean,' Awice said in a thoughtfuw tone. 'When I make a wowd do a wot of wowk wike that,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'I awways pay it extwa.' Fwom Dwough the Wooking Gwass by Wewis Cawwoww ----------------------------------------------------------------------