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To: E who wrote (2208)	3/22/1999 6:54:00 PM
From: Neenny	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4711

E, I copied that list from a web site. I also emailed the web site administrator, hoping to get some clarification. Why do you think I left it up to Sowbug, to draw their own conclusions?? smiling

To: E who wrote (2208)	3/22/1999 7:43:00 PM
From: Sowbug	Respond to of 4711

I like "dust" as an example, because many of the other words ("tranquility," "sadness") seem to fit in the same category, but they just don't sound as wrong in this context because literary license gets taken more often with them: "I felt a certain tranquility as I stooped." "A sadness, such as I have never felt, overcame me." (Note: I recognize that my reference to literary license is somewhat judgmental because it may very well be that there's nothing at all improper or unusual about these usages.) But dust is good: "O, woe, grief, what, this, a dust of brown new to my eyes, that alights upon me!"