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SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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3336 Sorry, you misunderstood me, Christopher. My fault. Of course, such matters ajbe-8/16/1999
3335 I'm pleased that you have a sense of humor. One can never be sure around hLane3-8/16/1999
3334 Jumping in is welcome. Especially when you agree with me! <bg> The Philosopher-8/16/1999
3333 <i>The tendency of English today is to lose the nuances of words. Infer aLane3-8/16/1999
3332 <i>And why nitpick over such a minor matter? (I hope you were not planninThe Philosopher-8/16/1999
3331 Nice to see you back at the thread, Jack! "I'll be there presently&qujbe-8/16/1999
3330 >At what point do we ditch the dictionary and stick to what is right?< Ijbe-8/16/1999
3329 Steven: <i>Are we to accept an obvious error simply because so many Jack Clarke-8/16/1999
3328 Terrence, on Feelies, recently used the word "presently" as a synonymDayuhan-8/16/1999
3327 I AM happy. Thank you! And those who use it will thank you, too. The Philosopher-8/9/1999
3326 TO ALL: The Anthology of Slang Dictionaries is now in the Clubhouse. And Chrijbe-8/9/1999
3325 It seems to me that this bit of news was overlooked last weekend. In fact, it wConstant Reader-8/9/1999
3324 David, the Clubhouses WILL be restored on the New SI. At least, we have a promjbe-8/9/1999
3323 Do you recall that dog food commercial many, many years ago for Ken-L-Ration --The Philosopher-8/7/1999
3322 Have faith, dear jbe! One bit of difficulty on "feelies" was just clEdwarda-8/7/1999
3321 You're quite right, Edwarda. The atmospherics ain't too great. <g&gjbe-8/7/1999
3320 I found humor in both sets of postings. Maybe there is simply a bit of bad karEdwarda-8/7/1999
3319 This post was meant to be humorous?? Message 10861639 I had assumed that yourjbe-8/7/1999
3318 I guess it's too subtle for some people.The Philosopher-8/7/1999
3317 Christopher, you have completely lost your sense of humor. jbe-8/7/1999
3316 That's akin to white blues players saying they are the true blues players The Philosopher-8/7/1999
3315 Sorry, Christopher. Our pronounciation is closer to that of Shakespeare's jbe-8/7/1999
3314 <i>Brits just can't seem to make up their minds:</i> But afteThe Philosopher-8/7/1999
3313 Well, the BBC is wrong, so says this particular radio correspondent. Either/orjbe-8/7/1999
3312 Thank you, Joan. I was using the simple, direct form ("a historic") Jacques Chitte-8/6/1999
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