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SI Grammar and Spelling Lab

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3161	Thanks, I printed it out, but eeeeeeew.	E	-	7/15/1999
3160	There's more, but I couldn't make SI take it. If you want it in instal	Edwarda	-	7/15/1999
3159	Thank you! And Mr. E thanks you, and is printing that out, in fact.	E	-	7/15/1999
3158	Hello, E. It is, in fact, a pathologist. The following is excerpted from a de	Edwarda	-	7/15/1999
3157	I'm trying to think of a simple word, and can't. It's the name for	E	-	7/15/1999
3156	Who ever heard of challenging another person and posting the challenge to yours	Edwarda	-	7/15/1999
3155	Carli, it seems to me that the only appropriate rule here is that a dependent c	jbe	-	7/15/1999
3154	But the rule you actually came up with is irrelevant to the case. I agree that	The Philosopher	-	7/15/1999
3153	...and the implied "then" is a conjunction. (I guess it would be he	B.C.	-	7/15/1999
3152	Oops! You wanted a rule! "If a conjunction is inserted, the proper mark i	B.C.	-	7/15/1999
3151	In an elliptical clause, one or more words are unstated but clearly implied. In	B.C.	-	7/15/1999
3150	CHRISTOPHER, SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS, BUT MY CAPLOCK KEY IS STUCK. ON COMMAS: BE	jbe	-	7/14/1999
3149	"If we had a decent educational system everybody would use it at least onc	Achilles	-	7/14/1999
3148	If the cadence of speech is desired a comma would be appropriate, but I see no	Dayuhan	-	7/14/1999
3147	Food fight coming! Well, comma fight, really, but would you have paid attenti	The Philosopher	-	7/14/1999
3146	Exactly my point: it is NOT trivial at all!	B.C.	-	7/9/1999
3145	Excuse me, Carli, but I don't think that the myth of Sisyphus itself is	jbe	-	7/9/1999
3144	I read your retraction to Christopher. I'm thinking now of "The Myth	B.C.	-	7/9/1999
3143	Re: "A great prose style in the service of a trivial topic becomes trivial	B.C.	-	7/9/1999
3142	Yes, I mean in Greek. It's embarrassing, but whenever I try to talk about E	Achilles	-	7/9/1999
3141	I assume you read them in the original? I did start with Plato and Herodotus,	The Philosopher	-	7/9/1999
3140	You make some excellent points and I want to retract what I said, if only to te	Achilles	-	7/8/1999
3139	<i>A great prose style in the service of a trivial topic becomes tr	The Philosopher	-	7/8/1999
3138	<i>the major virtues of good expository prose are clarity and precis	Dayuhan	-	7/8/1999
3137	I am not sure that I would characterize P.G. Wodehouse's prose style as &qu	jbe	-	7/8/1999

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