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SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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3436 It's not just English. I always found it to be one of the most difficult aLane3-12/23/1999
3435 That's <i>so</i> interesting. In use, I don't have any probE-12/23/1999
3434 Blue, re prepositions. You might check some of the sources listed in the Grammjbe-12/19/1999
3433 That is wonderful. [edit: I see Edwarda appreciated it as much as I did!]E-12/18/1999
3432 Thank you for one of the best laughs that I have enjoyed in days! Edwarda-12/18/1999
3431 Speaking of prepositions, a few hours ago I read a draft of an English paper byIlaine-12/17/1999
3430 The Pluperfect Virus By Cybersatirist Bob Hirschfeld of bobsfridge.com (This coDavid C. Burns-12/16/1999
3429 Fred: With regard to MLA style, you might try here: mla.org Best, Jack Jack Clarke-12/16/1999
3428 I just had occasion to ask the same question, Fred, and the answer I got was thjbe-12/13/1999
3427 Technical Question: How proper is it to reference a web-site in a research papBiggie Smalls-12/12/1999
3426 Re -- an abbreviation? Of WHAT? Ere -- a contraction? Of WHAT? Tsk, tsk, Chrjbe-12/10/1999
3425 In don't care how flexible you are. re is not a word, it is an abbreviatioThe Philosopher-12/10/1999
3424 I KNOW. I didn't even look at any of the answers. It's underground. The Philosopher-12/10/1999
3423 Slow evening on this thread. A man, a plan, a canal, Panama. Try reading the Kitskid-12/6/1999
3422 No fair counting "therein" itself! I will own up to missing "hejbe-12/6/1999
3421 The 12 words in "therein" ... the there therein he her here herein eJustin C-12/6/1999
3420 Okay, what are they? jbe-12/6/1999
3419 There are 3 or 4 more depending on flexibility. Justin C-12/6/1999
3418 <<How many words can you find in "therein" without rearranging jbe-12/6/1999
3417 Underground it is. How many words can you find in "therein" without Justin C-12/6/1999
3416 Underground? jbe-12/6/1999
3415 Word trivia ... What is the only word in the English language that begins and eJustin C-12/6/1999
3414 Just another clubhouse member...asking those who value their own clubhouse hangSkywatcher-11/29/1999
3413 <i>My apostrophes are sometimes replaced with a "%" symbol.<Sowbug-11/27/1999
3412 The reason people use "its" instead of "it's" is becausJames1000-11/24/1999
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