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SI Grammar and Spelling Lab

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3486	Yes, it's apparent that someone wanted to be more forceful than merely be	Tom Clarke	-	1/24/2000
3485	That is quite poetic, very well done!	Tom Clarke	-	1/24/2000
3484	For you, Michael. Dave Barry on "irregardless" and other thorny gramm	jbe	-	1/24/2000
3483	Those were great Joan. I should have known the grammar wizard here would tear t	greenspirit	-	1/24/2000
3482	Let me add to that chef d'oeuvre: <i>And when they hang him from the	jbe	-	1/23/2000
3481	Re: rhyming "purple" <i>'ll bet someone like Ogden Nash -	Jim S	-	1/23/2000
3480	Charley, my guess is that somebody invented the term "proactive" to s	jbe	-	1/23/2000
3479	If you can stand a punning bilingual poem using "orange" in an intern	jbe	-	1/23/2000
3478	YES!! Thank you thank you. And of course linguists decide. Thanks, teach. I do	Tom Clarke	-	1/23/2000
3477	Well, Charley, it's not up to grammarians to decide what is a legitimate wo	jbe	-	1/23/2000
3476	Hi Joan, What is your take on this word we hear called "proactive"?	Tom Clarke	-	1/23/2000
3475	What about orange/door hinge?	Tom Clarke	-	1/23/2000
3474	<<Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left	jbe	-	1/23/2000
3473	Glad you enjoyed it Christopher. Here is a couple of more grammar nigly's.	greenspirit	-	1/23/2000
3472	Oh, Joan, how very funny! Thanks so much for a terrific laugh.	Edwarda	-	1/21/2000
3471	Oops, Blue -- #3470 was supposed to be addressed to you. EOM.	jbe	-	1/20/2000
3470	Latest (?) in Washington Post nonsense contest! My brother sent this to me. Ma	jbe	-	1/20/2000
3469	Thanks for the laughs, Mike!	Edwarda	-	1/19/2000
3468	That's great! I assume you know the proof that the correct spelling of fis	The Philosopher	-	1/19/2000
3467	Hi Edwarda, thought you would enjoy this... <b>No wonder the English lan	greenspirit	-	1/19/2000
3466	The braggarts on SI would never refer to a thirty-two bagger as a five fold gai	Kitskid	-	1/11/2000
3465	Yes, sorry, spelling error -- etymology. Question re-posed. Answers?	Sowbug	-	1/11/2000
3464	etymology ¨¨¨	Kitskid	-	1/10/2000
3463	What does the expression "five-fold," for example, mean? I know peop	Sowbug	-	1/10/2000
3462	<i>respiratory therapists in the smoking atrium?</i> A common obse	Jack Clarke	-	1/7/2000

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